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Copyrighted, 1919 by 
ALICE SHELLABARGER HALL 

Address in care of J. B. CildwcU, 127 N. Wells St. 
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T HIS GREATLY NEEDED BOOK TEACHES HOW 
TO DEVELOP MAN'S THINKING FUNCTION AND 

HOW TO CONSTRUCT CHARACTER. 

IN THE MAGNIFICENT EDUCATIONAL SCHEMES 
provided for the YOUTH OF OUR NATION, we beg leave 
to say that TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VOCA- 
TIONS HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED, RESULTING IN 
A GREAT LOSS. Hence, under the title of THRIFT 
(economic management) we propose to introduce THE 
VOCATION OF THINKING AND THE VOCATION 
OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. These are of su- 
preme importance, because they permeate and underlie the 
whole fabric of education. They are its muscles, sinews 
and foundation. 

THINKING OPERATES THE ENTIRE MAN, AND 
EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE BY MANKIND IS THE 
RESULT OF THINKING. 

AND AS REGARDS CHARACTER, the greatest thing 
in the greatest man is his character, and the greatest 
thing in the greatest nation is its greatest man. Hence, 
these two vocations are of greatest importance, and should 
have a place in all lines of training, whether in the home, 
the world at large, or in the curricula of schools. 

They should be analyzed, cultivated and developed, to 
the fullest extent, as it were, the wheels, cogs, pulleys and 
levers that operate the machinery of thought should, along 
with character development, be cons idered the most im- 
portant phases of study. 



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The student should learn how to guide, control and 
develop these wonderful engines of dynamic force and 
power. 

Great things have been accomplished through special 
training and education, at a great expenditure of time 
and money. 

We assume, therefore, that the result is a finished prod- 
uct — a man proficient, well skilled, possibly a genius in 
his line, as the reward of many years' toil and training. 

THEN WHAT HAPPENS NINE TIMES OUT OF 
TEN? We are then made to realize that ^^ THE GREAT- 
EST THIEF OF ALL '' has been slyly working his way 
in and robbing the student of much of his efficiency, pos- 
sibly ruined him. 

Would you know the name of this THIEF? IT IS 
VICE. 

All of our boys must run the gauntlet of VICE. It is, 
as it were, a deep chasm over which they must pass, that 
is bestrewn and hidden by lovely flowers, whose charm 
and subtle fragrance intoxicate the senses and capture 
the will, while few danger signals warn him of the cruel 
fate that threatens him. Consequently, our most capable 
citizen often becomes greatly crippled if not entirely 
despoiled. 

The boy under this stress and strain may become a 

drunkard, criminal, syphilitic, gambler, thief or drug fiend, 

etc. I ASK, IS THIS TREATING HIM FAIRLY? 
Educators witness their pupils being daily STRICKEN OR 

DESTROYED, WHILE THEY STAND HELPLESS TO 

AVERT THE CATASTROPHE. 



When a building is put up, provision is made, not only 
for needed requirements, but extraordinary arrangements 
are planned for its safety and protection from fire, and 
all possible danger. The builder is also required by law 
to make the foundation strong and secure, before putting 
up an ordinary building. WHEREAS, THE UPBUILD- 
ING OF A MAN— THE GRANDEST OF ALL STRUC- 
TURES, is left without protection from the VICE THIEF, 
and also without the most necessary of all things^a good 
foundation of character, upon which to build the struc- 
ture of citizenship. 

Even if we should not here consider the moral phase of 
this question, for morality's sake, but assume it as a cold 
blooded, hard as nails, business proposition, 
as a purely economic, commercial and business asset, our 
man of efficiency should have a strong, substantial character, 
for no matter how capable he may be, if he be a slave to 
vice in any form whatever, or wanting in stability of 
character, he will in the same degree be lacking in efficiency. 

Now, with regard to the matter introduced in this book 
under the title of THRIFT, it will enable one to under- 
stand, develop and control his thinking apparatus, and 
thereby become master of himself and his fate to a great 
extent. 

EFFICIENCY IN ANY CHOSEN LINE CAN BE AC- 
QUIRED AND STRENGTH OF CHARACTER BU ILT 
UP BY USING THE INSTRUMENTS HEREIN PRE- 
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WHAT IS SAID ABOUT 

Btuntt of Ollf arartf r lutldtttg 

Sociology, Psychology and Physiology 

Handled in a Masterly Manner 

in their Relation to Character 

I have been very greatly interested in the presentation of 
the great questions of psychology, physiology and sociology 
in their relation to character as detailed in the manuscript 
of Mrs. Alice Shellabarger Hall. The subject is handled in 
a masterly manner and can not fail of making a deep im- 
press upon the minds of all who have the privilege of perus- 
ing them. I hope they will receive a wide circulation. — 
Samuel Fallows, D. D., L.L.D., Bishop Reformed Episcopal 
Church, Chicago. 

Worthy Attention of Thoughtful, Patriotic 

People 

The most valuable thing in the world is good character. 
Everything that helps to form and maintain such a charac- 
ter should be encouraged. The work on Science of Char- 
acter Building written by Alice Shellabarger Hall is worthy 
of the attention of thoughtful, patriotic people. — Arthur 
Burrage Farwell, Pres. Chicago Law and Order League. 

A Logical Science 
Should be Taught in Every School, Univer- 
sity and College 

Practical Science of Character Building by Alice Shella- 
barger Hall is concise, logical and inspirational, and as it is 
represented to be, a science of character building . . It 
is treated in a scientific and systematic manner. It is a 
study which I believe will strengthen that part in which 
our school system fails and should be taught in every 
school, university and college. — Prof. Ida M. Haines, 
Valparaiso University, Ind. 



Autosravure 



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Man's Dual Nature 



Practical Science of 

Character Building 

Through Analogy, Concrete and 
Objective Methods 

By 

ALICE SHELLABARGER HALL 
VOL. I 



Herein is gi\ en in brief, simplified form the Technique whereby 
certain Important Psychic results can be obtained. Furthermore, 
I assume that the general principles outlined herein do not conflict 
with the discoveries made by modern research in "the leading 
Psychological Experimental Laboratories" of the world. However, 
I claim that this System, Analogy and presentation of this subject 
are original. 



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Copyright, 1916, in U. S, A. W4 '1 

and simultaneous initial publication i /^ i fk /■% 
in Great Britain | *1 I 1 'W 

By 

Alice Shellabarger Hall 



Revised Edition 

Copyright 191 8 

Copyright 19 19 

By 

ALICE SHELLABARGER HALL 



Jll Rights Reserved 



TO OBTAIN THIS BOOK 

Address Alice S. Hall 

In care of J. B. Caldwell Printing Co. 

127 N. Wells St., Chicago 



NOV -I 1919 



1919 

CHICAGO RAILWAY PRINTING CO., 720-734 S. Dearborn Street 

CHICAGO 



TO THOSE WHO THINK 

Let Me Advise You How to Qualify 
For Life Through 



BRAIN BUILDING 



TO 

MY FATHER, ISAAC SHELLABARGER, WHOSE LOVE OF TRUTH, 

JUSTICE, AND INDEPENDENT THINKING, WAS 

THE INSPIRATION OF MY CHILDHOOD, 

THIS WORK IS GRATEFULLY 

DEDICATED 



Truth is the source of all science and the fountain 
head of all philosophy. 

"The good, the true and the beautiful are one." 



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^ I ^HE nearer to the practical men keep — 
"^ The less they deal in vague and abstract things- 
The less they deal in huge, mysterious words — 
The mightier is their power. 



The simple peasant, who observes a truth. 
And from the fact deduces principle, 
Adds solid treasure to the public wealth. 
The theorist, who dreams a rainbow dream, 
And calls hypothesis philosophy. 
At best is but a paper financier 
Who palms his specious promises for gold; 
FACTS are the basis of philosophy, 
Philosophy the harmony of FACTS. 

— Thomas L. Harris in ^^Lyrics of a Golden Age. 

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"The Brain is the organ of the mind — 
The dome of thought — 
The palace of the Soul" 
And the seat of Self-Government. 



THE SOLUTION OF THE PSYCHO- 
LOGICAL PROBLEM OF CHARACTER 



INDEX 

I. GOOD CITIZENSHIP. 

II. THE WORLD NEEDS CHARACTER AS A 

PANACEA FOR ITS MANY ILLS. 

III. AUTOGRAVURE THE INK OF FATE. 

IV. MAN A TRINITY. 

V. THE BRAIN. 

VI. THE BRAIN. (QUESTIONS.) 

VII. ANALOGY BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE 

PHONOGRAPH. 

VIII. ANALOGY BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE 
PHONOGRAPH. (QUESTIONS.) 

IX. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHART OF THE 

BRAIN AND THE PHONOGRAPH. 

X. PRACTICAL METHOD FOR CREATING A 

SUCCESSFUL LIFE. 

XI. PRACTICAL METHOD FOR CREATING A 

SUCCESSFUL LIFE. (QUESTIONS.) 

XII. INSTRUMENTS FOR ENGRAVING THE 

BRAIN. 

XIII. THE SCIENCE OF BRAIN GROWTH. 

XIV. THE SCIENCE OF BRAIN GROWTH. (QUES- 

TIONS.) 

XV. PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR CHANGING 

ONE'S NATURE. 

XVI. RECAPITULATION. 

XVII. RECAPITULATION. (QUESTIONS.) 



CHARACTER BUILDING 7 

THIS SYSTEM PERTAINS TO THE 
LAWS GOVERNING THE MECHAN- 
ISM OF MAN'S INNER LIFE 

WITH REGARD TO HIS SPIRITUAL, MORAL, 
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL MAKEUP IN THEIR 
RELATION TO THE BRAIN AND FORMATION OF 
CHARACTER. 

The REAL CHARACTER OR MOTIVE POWER of 

the individual is invisible; therefore, our first effort in 
these lessons will be to make the motive power of character 
visible — a living, tangible reality, so that we can handle 
and teach it. 

To do this we must resort to analogy, concrete and 
objective methods. 

The Bible is the most wonderful book of moral pre- 
cepts that was ever written. It stands unparalleled in its 
SUBLIME IDEAL of the requisites of TRUE MANHOOD. 

While its commands are very plain and easily under- 
stood its practice is extremely difficult. Although its pre- 
cepts are simple when the individual undertakes to apply 
them in their true sense to his own actions and daily life, 
they become a weighty and perplexing problem. 

As he realizes the enormous task before him he usually 
affects a compromise with the powers of evil. The con- 
sequence is that today we witness CHRISTIAN CIVILI- 
ZATION despoiling itself — a world on fire with war, vice 
and crime. 

''Every individual should bear in mind that he was 
sent into the world to act a part in it." 



8 CHARACTER BUILDING 

To fulfill this MISSION he was given a sublime com- 
bination consisting of his SPIRITUAL, MORAL, MENTAL 
and PHYSICAL MAKEUP. This exquisite apparatus he 
calls HIMSELF . 

It is incumbent upon him to use this mechanism and 
devise ways and means to operate it in accordance with the 
laws of the Creator to perform his allotted work. 

Man should not undertake this momentous task in an 
indifferent, hap-hazard manner. On the contrary he should 
consider it the MOST VITAL AND IMPORTANT 
BUSINESS OF HIS LIFE. 

An aeronaut would not think of flying an aeroplane 
without making a special study of the intricate parts of 
his machine; their relation, co-operation and corelation with 
each other so man should make a more profound study of 
the HUMAN MACHINE, as it is infinitely more complex 
and infinitely more important. 

It seems, however, that this GREAT STUDY of man's 
four-fold nature has never been undertaken because there 
has never been a direct plan or text book available outlining 
it in a plain, simple manner easily understood. Therefore, 
I have arranged this work on HUMAN SCIENCE to meet 
the crying need of the ages, initiating man into a compre- 
hension of the makeup of his mysterious WONDERFUL 
BEING AND HOW TO OPERATE IT. 

MY SYSTEM deals with it in a plain, workable 
manner. It is an invention — an apparatus, as it were — for 
moulding CHARACTER. It lays bare man's invisible 
inner nature, — especially concerning that mysterious, in- 
tangible INSTRUMENT, the HUMAN SOUL in it 
relation, co-operation and interchangeableness with the 
body and its different faculties. 



CHARACTER BUILDING Vf 

While this method can greatly aid RELIGION, the 
THEOLOGIAN studies it in vain to find a CREED. The 
creed is not here, but it can be used as a powerful means to 
ADVANCE RELIGION. 

THE SCIENTIST VIEWS it critically and fails to 
discover a treatise on science or numerous scientific refer- 
ences included within its pages — yet he must admit that the 
system does not conflict with science, but makes clear the 
perplexities and entanglements of the science of META- 
PHYSICS and the science of PSYCHOLOGY. 

The MORALIST may feel somewhat disappointed 
because there is not more expatiating and sermonizing on 
morality — ^only just plain, every day facts and a plain, 
logical process given. 

The truth concerning the REAL SELF and its motive 
forces are laid bare. It places in the hands of the MORAL- 
IST a great weapon of POWER for shaping HUMAN 
DESTINY AND TRANSFORMING EVIL INTO GOOD. 



PROLOGUE 

THIS METHOD IS DESIGNED FOR EDUCA- 
TIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE 
WHERE THE BIBLE HAS BEEN PROHIBITED, AND 
ALSO FOR ASSOCIATIONS AND THE HOME. I 
THEREFORE ENDEAVOR TO CONFINE THIS WORK 
TO STRUCTURAL ETHICS, ELIMINATING EVERY- 
THING IN THE SLIGHTEST DEGREE SECTARIAN. 

That the people of this nation have reached a crisis in 
moral deterioration the well informed will not deny. 



10 CHARACTER BUILDING 

Never in the past were unrest and discomfort so 
fully visible. Even Religion has not been able to dissipate 
the nightmare that has settled down upon our civilization. 

Through avarice and injustice people have been driven 
to crime and insanity, and this condition is daily increasing. 

ALL AGREE THAT SOME REMEDY SHOULD BE 
FOUND TO AID RELIGION AND PHILANTHROPY 
IN THEIR EFFORT TO AMELIORATE THIS IM- 
MORAL TREND OF SOCIETY. 

With all the wonderful natural resources of a country 
like ours, with its enormous factories, mines, forests, rail- 
roads and vast sources of wealth — iron, coal, timber, valuable 
metals, rich soil, many of our people are still suffering from 
want. 

In this ''great, abundant storehouse" that furnishes more 
than enough to feed and clothe all in comfort, many are 
destitute. 

The great * 'crying need" of the nation is not for more 
money, food and clothing than it already has, IT IS FOR 
MORE VIRTUE, MORE JUSTICE, MORE WISDOM, 
TEMPERANCE AND MERCY. IF THESE WERE IN 
THE ASCENDANT WE SHOULD HAVE MORE OF 
THE NECESSARIES OF LIFE THAN ENOUGH TO 
SUPPLY ALL BOUNTIFULLY. 

Character in our legislators and in our people every- 
where is the needed panacea for all wrongs. "The want of 
it is the cause that lies back of all immediate causes of 
distress." 

I have therefore arranged a practical method for the 
promotion of virtue and development of character. 

This I now offer to the public, "not as a literary 
effort," but as a practical system for shaping one's life. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 11 

Elegance of diction and refinement of style have been 
sacrificed for the purpose of making it plain and easily 
understood. 

Although in a measure these lessons are crude and 
homely, I believe they will supply the long-felt want of a 
practical, text-book for teaching and inculcating character. 

*'If we ever hope to civilize our race and prevent its 
hopeless ruin by our unscientific methods, we must study 
man's complex nature more closely than we have ever done 
before." 

An editorial in the Chicago Examiner says : 

"IT IS QUALITIES THAT FIT A MAN FOR A 
LIFE OF USEFULNESS, NOT THE MENTAL POSSES- 
SION OF FACTS." 

"THE SCHOOL THAT BEST HELPS TO FORM 
CHARACTER, NOT THE ONE THAT IMPARTS THE 
MOST INFORMATION, IS THE COLLEGE THE 
FUTURE WILL DEMAND." 

"IS THERE A SINGLE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 
IN THE WORLD THAT FOCUSES ON QUALITIES?" 



12 CHAEACTER BUILDING 

I 

GOOD CITIZENSHIP 

WHAT ARE THE EDUCATIONAL FORCES OF 
THIS NATION DOING FOR OUR PEOPLE? 

EVERY NATION CLAIMING TO BE PROGRES- 
SIVE SHOULD BE STEADILY BUILDING UP ITS 
BEST ASSETS. 

THE BEST ASSETS OF A NATION ARE THE 
INTEGRITY AND WORTH OF ITS CITIZENS. 

EACH YEAR ADVANCEMENT SHOULD BE 
MADE ALONG THIS LINE THROUGH A FAR-SEE- 
ING POLICY OF EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
THAT EXALTS THE CHARACTER AND PROMOTES 
THE STABILITY OF THE PEOPLE. 

We might imagine each one who has the training of 
our Boys and Girls asking himself as he contemplates their 
future, ''What have I accomplished during the past year 
and what am I now doing to promote the integrity of my 
pupils? 

"Am I arranging affairs for the welfare of the rising 
generation with as much judgment solicitude and fore- 
sight as a successful business man displays in shaping matters 
pertaining to his financial interests? ' ' 

I BELIEVE THAT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON 
THOSE EMPOWERED WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF 
TRAINING THE YOUNG AND THUS DETERMINING 
TO A GREAT EXTENT THE FATE OF A NATION 
TO REALIZE THEIR HIGH CALLING AND CON- 
SECRATE THEMSELVES ANEW TO THE WORK OF 
PROMOTING A NOBLER RACE. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 13 

What we need is to strike boldly for the nation's moral 
resources — if need be, batter down the wall of prejudice 
and feed the famished millions from the great storehouse of 
truth and ethical culture. 

A perplexing and difficult problem in the schools has 
been the want of a desirable system that will meet the 
nation-wide demand for a practical method of character 
building. 

Believing that we can furnish this long-felt want, we 
ask the privilege of laying before you, who are sincerely 
interested in the welfare and right education of the people, 
a course of lessons. 

THE BIG QUESTION WE PROPOSE TO ANSWER 
IS, HOW CAN WE SCIENTIFICALLY ARRIVE AT 
THE BEST METHODS OF TRAINING FOR CITIZEN- 
SHIP? 

The great educators of today put little dependence on 
the incidental, haphazard development of their pupils along 
moral lines. 

*Tn a matter so vast and far-reaching as character we 
should not trust to mere chance or accident." 

INSTRUCTORS realize if it were possible to obtain 
a working system of character building that would materially 
assist in procuring good results it would prove a great 
blessing to mankind. 

It is needless to enlarge on the value of character. 

Think of the advantage and blessing it would be to 
have text books in your possession that would aid in making 
model citizens of your pupils. 

IN OUR SCHOOLS THERE IS A VAST FIELD 
NOW OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS AND TARES 
BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN CULTIVATED. 



14 CHARACTER BUILDING 

"MORAL ACTIVITY LIKE OTHER EXERCISE 
BRINGS DEVELOPMENT. 

THE MORAL MIND LIKE THE BODY CAN BE 
TRAINED." 

ANYONE WHO DEVOTES THIRTY MINUTES A 
DAY TO MORAL EXERCISE WILL STRENGTHEN 
HIS "MORAL MUSCLES." Experience will verify this 
statement. 

"AROUSE THE SAME SPIRIT OF ENTHUSIASM 
IN PROMOTING MORAL DEVELOPMENT that is 
manifest in a game of ball." 

Present the study of character building as a matter worth 
while, AS A REAL THING, not one to be ignored but one 
worthy to receive an honored place in the curricula of 
schools. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 15 

II 

THE WORLD NEEDS CHARACTER 

AS A PANACEA FOR ITS 

MANY ILLS 

IT IS ESTIMATED THAT CRIME AND CRIMI- 
NALS COST THE UNITED STATES (S6,000,000,000) 
SIX BILLION DOLLARS EVERY YEAR. 

The deterioration and misery in the world — its crimes, 
murders, robberies, horrors of war, insanity, disease, great 
black plague, blindness, oppression, white slavery and per- 
secution of all kinds come directly, or indirectly, for the 
most part, from want of character. 

If want of character does so much harm, then the 
acquisition of good character should do proportionately as 
much good. 

Taking this view of the case, as a matter of simple 
expediency, and economy, character should receive much 
attention. 

IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE RICHEST UNTILLED 
SOIL OF EDUCATION THAT IS NOW NEGLECTED 
AND OVERGROWN WITH WEEDS, WHEREAS, IF 
CULTIVATED, IT WOULD YIELD AN ABUNDANT 
HARVEST OF PRECIOUS FRUIT. 

Plato says 'Vhat is honored is cultivated, and that 
which is dishonored is neglected." 

THE WORLD TODAY IS GROANING UNDER THE 
WEIGHT OF FALSE IDEAS, FALSE SYSTEMS, FALSE 
IDEALS AND FALSE STANDARDS. 



16 CHARACTER BUILDING 

People would become better if the systems and ideals 
were better, but they are harnessed to them and move just 
as the lines are pulled. 

Too much importance cannot be attached to the brain. 
We might compare it to a ''library having many shelves^' 
on which we may place volumes that are elevating and 
ennobling; or on the other hand, we may place volumes 
that are pernicious and debauching. 

Within the brain is stored the deeds of our lives. It is 
the "palace of the soul" where the Recording Angel keeps 
account of ''the deeds done in the body." 

We suffer the consequence or reap the reward as the 
case may be. The brain is the archive of the soul. 

WHAT WE THINK, DO OR SAY MAKES US 
WHAT WE ARE, AND HENCE, "VIRTUE IS ITS 
OWN REWARD." 

OUR PAY IS A BRAIN PACKED WITH SUCCESS 
QUALITIES OR PACKED WITH FAILURE QUALI- 
TIES. 

THESE WILL MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN 
LIFE AND BRING CORRESPONDING RESULTS. 

CHARACTER 

Character is the great motive power, which we might 
consider the d3^amo-electric within the brain of the in- 
dividual that controls his thoughts, feelings and actions, 
and distinguishes him from every one else. 

CHARACTER is regarded as a matter of the greatest 
importance, but being invisible it is generally conceded 
that "it should be caught rather than taught." 

Character can not be perceived with the senses. We 
can neither hear, see, taste, smell or feel it; hence, all we 
know about character is its effect. 



CHAEACTER BUILDING 17 

However it would seem that the Great Creator did 
not intend that "a matter so vast and far-reaching should 
be left to mere chance or accident." 

HENCE, I HAVE UNDERTAKEN IN THIS 
COURSE OF LESSONS TO LIFT CHARACTER OUT 
OF THE CHAOS OF THE INVISIBLE INTO THE 
REALM OF THE VISIBLE, AND MAKE IT STAND 
FORTH AS A LIVING OBJECTIVE REALITY SO 
THAT WE CAN ANALYZE, DEMONSTRATE, EX- 
PLAIN AND TEACH IT, AND THEREBY CREATE 
IN THE MINDS OF PUPILS AN ENTHUSIASTIC 
DESIRE TO ACQUIRE A NOBLE CHARACTER. 

To do this we must resort to analogy, concrete or 
objective methods. 

Did you ever realize how enormous is the invisible 
force that we call character? We know how great is the 
power of dynamite that is used to destroy buildings, bridges, 
warships, etc.; but how insignificant and limited in its 
scope of operations it is when compared with the dynamic 
force which results from the brain of man, for instance, 
Napoleon. Napoleon terrorized all Europe, c,aused the 
destruction of cities and villages and the slaughter of many 
thousand lives, with all the horrors attending warfare, and 
is said to have changed the map of Europe — all originating 
within the compass of one small man's brain, which was 
the cause of these calamities. 

Consider the djniamic force in the brains of Murat and 
Robespierre, who were the chief promoters of the bloody 
Reign of Terror in France. It was the misguided force in 
their brains that instigated the brutal tragedies of that 
period. 



18 CHARACTER BUILDING 

Contemplate the magnificent work done for the free- 
dom and preservation of this country by our own immortal 
Washington — all emanating from one small brain. 

Imagine the marvelous feat of Joan of Arc, a shepherd 
girl, leading a defeated army on to victory. 

When we consider that all these wonderful deeds are but 
the result of brain force manifesting itself in the physical world, 
we may well consider brain force a dynamo of no small power. 
In fact it does everything that is done by humanity — 
the inventions, structures, architecture, science, wars, 
splendid works of art, etc., etc. EACH WAS CONCEIVED 
BY THE SELF OR EGO IN THE BRAIN OF SOME 
INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM IT OWES ITS EXISTENCE; 
AN ENGINE OF SUCH WONDERFUL POWER FOR 
GOOD AND SUCH OVERWHELMING POWER OF 
DESTRUCTION SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED TO 
RUN RIOT IN A HAPHAZARD MANNER, BUT 
SHOULD BE MOST CAREFULLY TRAINED, DIS- 
CIPLINED, DEVELOPED AND GOVERNED. 

WE MUST CONTROL THIS MARVELOUS FORCE 
AS WE DO THE LIGHTNING— CAGE AND CHAIN 
IT AS WE DO THE WILD BEASTS OF THE FOREST. 

IT IS THE MOST PRECIOUS THING BELONG- 
ING TO MAN AND MAY PROVE THE MOST DIS- 
ASTROUS; hence, in these lessons I propose to deal with 
this organ directly and analyze, educate, develop, recon- 
struct and make it as far as possible what we wish it to be. 

Character in each particular person is as his brain 
force is and his brain force is as his character is, for ''AS 
A MAN THINKETH SO IS HE." 



CHARACTER BUILDING 19 

III 

AUTOGRAVURE, THE INK OF FATE 

''CHARACTER/' comes from the Greek word ''Charasso/' 

meaning to engrave. 

'THE GREATEST THING IN THE GREATEST MAN 

IS CHARACTER.^^ 

"MAKE OF YOURSELF WHAT YOU WILL/ ' 

YOU CAN EXCHANGE A BAD DISPOSITION FOR A 

GOOD ONE, ACQUIRE VIRTUES AND DISCARD 

VICES. 

YOU CAN EXCHANGE FAILURE QUALITIES FOR 

SUCCESS QUALITIES. 

YOU CAN "SWAP OFF" A GLOOMY, MOROSE DIS- 
POSITION FOR A CHEERFUL, JOYOUS NATURE. 
SELECT THE QUALITIES YOU WISH TO POSSESS, 
THEN ENGRAVE THEM WITHIN YOUR BRAIN. 

One may build character by using certain instruments with 
as much confidence as a carpenter uses lumber in building 
a house. 

USE THE PROPER STIMULI KNOWINGLY AND 
PACK YOUR BRAIN WITH SUCCESS QUALITIES FOR 
LIFE'S JOURNEY. 

EVERY THOUGHT AND ACT IS CUMULATIVE, 
HENCE "YOU BUILD A CHARACTER AS A MISER 
BUILDS HIS FORTUNE, EVERY DAY ADDING A 
LITTLE." 

Through analogy the science of engraving character within 
the brain is made clear and easily understood. 
ALL WE ASK IS TO USE THE PRESCRIBED IN- 
STRUMENTS ACCORDING TO DIRECTION. 
AN EFFORT OF THE WILL IS REQUIRED. 

This method is no phantasm of the brain or fine spun theory 

that will not work. 

IT GIVES YOU THE MASTER-KEY TO CHARACTER 

AND TO SUCCESS. 



20 CHARACTER BUILDING 



IV 
MAN A TRINITY 



Before commencing our lesson, it is advisable to get a 
clear, well-defined understanding of man's complex being. 

MAN IS A TRINITY. This trinity consists of man's 
TWO NATURES, namely, the GODLIKE and the 
ANIMAL, both of which are dominated b}^ the EGO or 
SELF, WHICH IS SPIRIT. 

THE SELF IS THE ALL-IMPORTANT FACTOR IN 
THIS TRINITY THAT DECIDES HUMAN ACTION. 

The nobler faculties of the mind with CONSCIENCE 
constitute man's GODLIKE or HIGHER nature. 

MAN'S ANIMAL or LOWER NATURE is identi- 
fied with the body which is an apparatus of sensation and 
physical desires that have their own special faculties in the 
brain. 

Through ages of indulgence the mad passion for bodily 
sensation and display has become abnormal and destruc- 
tive in the human brain. 

THERE IS A CONSTANT WARFARE GOING 
ON BETWEEN THESE GODLIKE AND ANIMAL 
FORCES— EACH ONE BATTLING FOR THE MAS- 
TERY, BUT IT DEVOLVES UPON THE EGO OR TRUE 
SELF TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION BETWEEN 
THEM. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 21 

THE SCIENCE OF THE SPECIAL 
FUNCTIONS OF THE BRAIN 

By O. S. Fowler 

All truth bears upon its front unmistakable evidence 
of its divine origin in its philosophical consistency, fitness and 
beauty. Whereas, all untruth is grossly and palpably deformed 
* * * The brain is not only the organ of the mind, the 
dome of thought, the palaoe of the soul, but is equally the 
organ of the body over which it exerts an all-potent in- 
fluence for good or ill, to weaken or stimulate, to kill or 
make alive. 

In short, the brain is the organ of the body in general 
and of all its organs in particular. 

It sends forth those nerves which keep muscles, Hver^ 

bowels, and all the other bodily organs, in a high or low 

state of action; and more than all other causes invites or 

repels disease, prolongs or shortens life, and treats the body 

as its galley slave. 

Hence healthy cerebral action is indispensable to 
bodily health. 

Hence, too, we walk or work so much more easily and 
efficiently when we take an interest in what we do. There- 
fore, those who would be happy or talented must first and 
mainly keep their brain vigorous and healthy. 



22 CHARACTER BUILDING 

V 
THE BRAIN 

It would be well to now give a brief description of the 
brain. 

Webster describes the brain as a soft mass within the 
skull which is the seat of sensation and perception; the 
understanding; intellect. 

I quote the noted author, WilHam Walker Atkinson, 
as giving the facts contained in the following paragraphs 
concerning the brain : 

''The brain is composed of a peculiar substance called 
'plasm' and contains an enormous number of tiny cells 
which are the actual elements in the production and mani- 
festation of thought. 

"These brain cells are estimated at from 500,000,000 to 
2,000,000,000, according to the mental activity of the person. 
* * * There are always millions of unused brain cells 
held as a reserve. 

"The most advanced science also informs us that the 
brain grows additional cells to meet any demand upon it. 
Brain building is the development and growth of brain cells 
in any special region of the brain, for, as you probably know, 
the brain contains many regions — each region being the seat of 
some particular function, quality, faculty or mental activity. 

"BY DEVELOPING THE BRAIN CELLS IN ANY 
SPECIAL REGION THE QUALITY, ACTIVITY OR 
FACULTY WHICH HAS THAT REGION FOR ITS 
SEAT IS NECESSARILY GREATLY INCREASED AND 
RENDERED MORE EFFECTIVE AND POWERFUL." 



CHARACTER BUILDING 23 

Students of brain function "have long since recognized 
the fact that brain centers or regions could be developed by 
proper exercises." 

THE MATURED BRAIN IS THE IMPORTANT 
MOTIVE POWER OF THE INDIVIDUAL, AND CON- 
TAINS MANY REGIONS (FACULTIES), EACH ONE 
PERFORMING SOME PARTICULAR FUNCTION OF 
GOVERNMENT FOR THE INDIVIDUAL. 

THE BRAIN IS PERFECTLY ADAPTED TO THE 
PURPOSE OF SELF-GOVERNMENT as the five senses 
are in close proximity to it. 

It is equipped with an electric apparatus or telegraph 
system using the nerves as telegraph wires through which 
communication is carried on with all parts of the body. 

Let us, therefore, take the universally accepted saying, 
''AS A MAN THINKETH, SO IS HE," as a funda- 
mental principle upon which to establish this SYSTEM. 

What constitutes the difference between the great men 
of the past — the philosophers, philanthropists, statesmen, 
heroes, authors and generals, who are prominent in history, 
and the criminals and pygmies of dwarfed intellect? 

The difference was in their brain-force. 

What we have in our brains determines our fate. There- 
fore let us put the elements of success into them, remember- 
ing always that the Self or Ego is the determining factor. 

Now as success is the great thing which we all desire — 
the object toward which all hungry eyes are turned and 
eager hands outstretched — and believing that we may find 
this important factor in the brain, IT BEHOOVES US TO 
INVENT OR CONTRIVE SOME WAY TO PUT INTO 
OUR BRAINS, AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, ALL THE ELE- 
MENTS OF SUCCESS AND REMOVE FROM THEM 
ALL THE ELEMENTS OF FAILURE. 



24 CHARACTER BUILDING 

BEFORE DOING THIS, WE MUST DETERMINE 
WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS OF SUCCESS AND 
WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS OF FAILURE. 

NEXT, WE MUST FIND OUT BY WHAT PROC- 
ESS THIS ALL-IMPORTANT FEAT OF CHANGING 
THE BRAIN MAY BE ACCOMPLISHED. 

I will, therefore, figuratively speaking, endeavor to 
present you with the chisel and the mallet for carving out 
of imperfect structures the beautiful images that dwell 
therein. 

For I believe there are definite processes that may be 
used with as much certainty, and are as real, in building a 
character, as the lumber which a carpenter uses in building 
a house. 

I propose to make a direct attack upon the brain cells. 

FOR WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT 
EVERY THOUGHT PRODUCES A MOLECULAR OR 
ANATOMICAL CHANGE IN THE STRUCTURE OF 
SOME PARTICULAR PART OF THE BRAIN, WHICH 
CONSTITUTES A CORRESPONDING RECORD. 

EXPLA NATION OF BRAIN-FORCE 

»— ^— "i^^— ~'^^~— ■— ■~^~^^"^~— ""'^■^^■^^^■— "■~^"~'^^""^""^~~""~^"^"~"~— " ' ■ 

Brain-force is the invisible, intangible Self or Soul 
operating in unison with the physical brain, which the SELF 
uses for making inscriptions. After these inscriptions have 
been made in the brain and have become in a measure 
crystalized they in turn become a force of themselves and 
contend bitterly with the True Self for the mastery. This 
is clearly proven, when the Self or Ego determines to con- 
quer a bad habit. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 25 

VI 
THE BRAIN (QUESTIONS) 

Q. How does Webster describe the brain? 

A. Webster informs us that ^'the brain is a soft mass 
within the skull which is the seat of sensation and percep- 
tion; the understanding; intellect." 

Q. What is the brain composed of? 

A. "It is composed of a peculiar substance called ''plasm" 
and contains an enormous number of tiny cells which are 
the actual elements in the production and manifestation of 
thought." 

Q. How many cells does the brain contain? 

A. *'The brain cells are estimated at from 500,000,000 
to 2,000,000,000 according to the mental activity of the 
person. 

Q. What does brain building consist of? 

A. "Brain building consists of the development and 
growth of brain cells in any special region. The brain con- 
tains many regions (faculties). 

Q. What is each region the seat of? 

A. "Each region is the seat of some particular function, 
quahty, faculty or mental activity. 

Q. How is a quality or faculty increased and rendered 
more effective? 

A. "The quality or faculty is increased and rendered 
more powerful by use. 

Q. How can brain centers (faculties) be developed? 

A. Students of brain function "have long since re- 
cognized the fact that brain centers or regions could be de- 
veloped by proper exercises." 



26 CHARACTER BUILDING 

Q. What constitutes the motive power of the indivi- 
dual? 

A. The Self or Ego manifesting through the medium 
of the brain constitutes the motive power and government 
of the individual. 

Q. Explain how the brain is perfectly adapted for the 
purpose of self-government. 

A. THE BRAIN EQUIPPED WITH MANY 
FACULTIES IS THE GREAT CENTER OF AN ELEC- 
TRIC APPARATUS OR TELEGRAPH SYSTEM WHICH 
USES THE NERVES AS TELEGRAPH WIRES 
THROUGH WHICH COMMUNICATION IS CARRIED 
ON WITH ALL PARTS OF THE BODY. THE FIVE 
SENSES ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BRAIN 
AND ARE CONTINUALLY GIVING INFORMATION 
CONCERNING THE OUTSIDE WORLD. 

Q. What saying embodies the fundamental principle 
of this method? 

A. The universally accepted saying, '^AS A MAN 
THINKETH, SO IS HE," contains the fundamental 
principle of this method. 

Q. What constitutes the wide difference between the 
great men and women of the world and the criminals and 
pygpiies of dwarfed intellect? 

A. The difference was in their brain-force. 

Q. What all-important office does the brain perform 
for the individual? 

A. The brain controls our actions to a great extent 
and determines our success or failure. 

Q. What is the great desire of all mankind? 

A. Success is the great object toward which all hungry 
eyes are turned and eager hands outstretched. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 27 

Q. What should we endeavor to do in this case? 

A. WE SHOULD THEREFORE CONTRIVE SOME 
WAY TO PUT INTO OUR BRAINS THE ELEMENTS 
OF SUCCESS AND TO ELIMINATE THE ELEMENTS 
OF FAILURE. 

Q. What must we first determine? 

A. We must first determine what are the elements of 
success and what are the elements of failure. 

Q. Are there any definite processes that can be laid 
hold of for the purpose of building character? 

A. There are instrumentalities that are as real to be 
used in the building of character as the lumber the car- 
penter uses in building a house. 

Q. What does every thought produce? 

A. Every thought produces a molecular or anatomical 
change in the structure of some particular region of the 
brain which constitutes a corresponding record. 



28 CHAKACTER BUILDING 

VII. 

ANALOGY BETWEEN THE BRAIN 

AND THE PHONOGRAPH 

For the purpose of making our method of character 
building through the cells of the brain easily and clearly 
imderstood, I will compare the apparatus consisting of 
the brain, nervous system and five senses to a phonograph 
and phonograph record. 

The phonograph and phonograph record afford us a 
good illustration of the aforenamed apparatus, as their 
operation and results are remarkably similar. 

If we wish to make a phonograph record, we first pro- 
cure a blank phonograph cylinder which consists of a cyhnder 
about two inches in diameter and four inches long, covered 
on its sides with a super-sensitive coating of wax, then 
connect it with the phonograph, placing between it and the 
machine a certain little device which is used for making 
records, set the machine in operation and it will record 
anything that is sung or talked into the large horn. 

The phonograph records consist of marks or indenta- 
tions in the wax coating on the cylinder that are so small as 
to be scarcely visible. 

However, the record containing these small marks 
when properly connected with the phonograph when it is 
in operation will reproduce whatever has been said into the 
horn — repeating the exact words, emphasis and intonations. 

Thus, we perceive that the phonograph affords us an 
excellent example of the way impressions are made within 
the brain. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 29 

The five senses through which impressions are made in 
the brain may each be compared to the horn of a phono- 
graph, for as impressions are made through the horn upon 
the blank cyUnder so impressions are made in the brain 
through the horn of the five senses. 

Furthermore, while the phonograph record is used to 
guide and control the phonograph, which repeats the exact 
words with all of their inflections, so the records or impres- 
sions made within our brains through the senses will re- 
produce at will thoughts and actions corresponding with the 
records made in them, and in this way, control and guide 
our lives. 

One can inscribe anything in the brain as ejffectually as 
he can write with pen and ink upon paper. 

HENCE, THE MARVELOUS POWER WITHIN 
OUR GRASP— TO MAKE OURSELVES OVER. 



30 CHARACTER BUILDING 



QUESTIONS ON ANALOGY BETWEEN 
THE BRAIN AND PHONOGRAPH 

Q. To what may we compare the brain, including the 
nervous system and five senses? 

A. WE MAY COMPARE THE BRAIN, NERVOUS 
SYSTEM AND FIVE SENSES TO A PHONOGRAPH 
AND A PHONOGRAPH RECORD. 

Q. Describe the process of making a phonograph 
record. 

A. In the first place, a phonograph blank cylinder is 
procured which consists of a cylinder about two inches in 
diameter and four inches long, covered on its sides with a 
super-sensitive coating of wax. Then you connect the 
cylinder with the machine by putting in a certain small 
device used for the purpose of making records, set the 
machine in operation and it will record anything that is 
sung or spoken into the large horn. 

Q. Of what do these phonograph records consist? 

A. They are very small marks or indentations in the 
wax on the cylinder that are hardly perceptible. 

Q. What can these exceedingly small marks on the 
cylinder when connected with the phonograph produce? 

A. If connected with the phonograph when it is in 
operation, they will repeat whatever was said into the horn. 

Q. DOES THE PHONOGRAPH AFFORD AN EX- 
CELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE WAY IMPRESSIONS 
ARE MADE WITHIN THE BRAIN? 



CHARACTER BUILDING 31 

A. IMPRESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE 
UPON THE PHONOGRAPH-CYLINDER IN THEIR 
ACTION PRESENT A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO 
THE ACTION OF IMPRESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN 
MADE WITHIN THE BRAIN. AND ALSO HOW 
THESE IMPRESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE 
WITHIN THE BRAIN MAY IN TURN BE USED TO 
CONTROL THE INDIVIDUAL. 

Q. Describe the further similarity between the action 
of the record made within the brain and the action of the 
record made upon the phonograph-cyhnder. 

A. While the phonograph record can be used to guide 
and control the phonograph according to the will of the 
operator giving the exact words and intonations, recorded 
thereon, so the records or impressions made within our 
brains can be used as we desire to guide and control our 
lives, producing thoughts and actions at will corresponding 
with the records made. 

Q. Can this be demonstrated? 

A. IT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED THAT WE 
CAN INSCRIBE IN THE BRAIN AS EFFECTUALLY 
AS WE CAN WRITE WITH PEN AND INK UPON 
PAPER, AND ALSO THAT WE CAN MAKE USE OF 
THESE INSCRIPTIONS WHENEVER WE DESIRE TO 
DO SO. 



32 CHAKACTER BUILDING 

IX 
DESCRIPTION OF CHART 

(See Frontispiece.) 

To make this method still more plain I place before 
you a chart. 

On one side of it is a phonograph complete with phono- 
graph cylinders. 

Some of these cylinders contain phonograph records 
ready for use and some of them are blank cylinders ready to 
receive inscriptions whenever they are connected with the 
phonograph, and the proper arrangements are made for 
making records. 

On the other side of the chart we have a man's head 
that contains the five senses. 

Each of these senses may be likened, in its use, to the 
horn of a phonograph. 

For my purpose I assume that THE MAN'S HEAD 
CONTAINS RECORDS ALREADY INSCRIBED WITH- 
IN HIS BRAIN AND IT ALSO CONTAINS BLANKS 
IN HIS BRAIN WHERE MORE RECORDS CAN BE 
ENGRAVED. 

The man can make records on the phonograph cylinder 
by talking into the horn. 

The phonograph in turn can make records on the man's 
brain through his ear, hence, you perceive the striking 
analogy between them. 

By making the experiment this last statement can be 
easily verified. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 33 

At the top of this chart we have the familiar saying, 
"AS A MAN THINKETH, SO IS HE." 

Directly below the above I present a list of seventeen 
different instruments for engraving records in the brain. 

Either Virtues or Vices may be inscribed in the brain 
by these instruments. 

On the left-hand side of the chart is a list of Qualities 
(Vices), which produce failure. 

On the right-hand side of the chart is a list of Qualities 
(Virtues), that produce success. 

THE BRAIN THAT YOU SEE ON THIS CHART 
IS EQUIPPED WITH MANY FACULTIES, WHICH 
CONSTITUTE THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OR SEAT 
OF^GOVERNMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL. 

THESE FACULTIES UNDER NORMAL CON- 
DITION ARE CONTROLLED BY THE EGO OR SELF. 



34 CHARACTER BUILDING 

X 

A PRACTICAL METHOD FOR 

CREATING A SUCCESSFUL 

LIFE 

WE ALL AGREE THAT OUR MINDS SHOULD BE 
FILLED WITH THAT WHICH COUNTS FOR SUC- 
CESS, AND ALL THAT PRODUCES FAILURE 
SHOULD BE ELIMINATED. 

I DO NOT USE THE WORD SUCCESS IN ITS 
LIMITED OR MATERIAL SENSE; BUT IN ITS 
HIGHEST AND MOST COMPREHENSIVE MEANING. 

FURTHERMORE I PROPOSE TO DEMON- 
STRATE HOW THAT WHICH IS GOOD MAY BE 
ACQUIRED AND THAT WHICH IS PERNICIOUS 
MAY BE ELIMINATED. 

The question now arises, what is success? 

Of course, failure is the opposite of success. 

As regards success there may be much (difference of 
opinion. One may think success means wealth, another 
honor, and a third a competency, or acquiring skill in some 
profession, art or science; nevertheless, ALL MUST AGREE 
THAT WHATEVER RESULTS IN WHAT IS ULTI- 
MATELY BEST FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, IS HIS 
HIGHEST SUCCESS. 

Now let us take the lives of those who have been success- 
ful and compare them with those who have proven failures 



CHARACTER BUILDING 35 

and see wherein they differ. For instance, Washington, 
Lincoln, McKinley, Florence Nightingale, Frances Willard 
and Gladstone stand high on the world's escutcheon of fame. 

What were the dominant elements in their lives that 
caused them to become great? Religion, Honesty, Wisdom, 
Self-denial, Kindness, Courage and Perseverance, etc., were 
probably some of the virtues that made them great and 
successful. 

Now let us look at those who are phenomenal failures. 

We may find many of them in our jails, penitentiaries, 
hospitals, inebriate asylums and dens of infamy. 

What brought them to this wretched condition? They, 
doubtless, in some way acquired some of the elements of 
failure, such as Infidelity, Dishonest}^, Self-indulgence, 
Idleness, Drunkenness, Cowardice or Sensuality, etc. 

By comparing these two classes, v/e learn what attri- 
butes lead to success and what attributes lead to failure. 
We shall thus be enabled to choose what is best and store 
our minds accordingly. 

I have named some of the elements of Success and 
now we shall consider some of the methods for acquiring 
these elements. 

For the purpose of being definite and plain, I have 
arranged two lists. ONE OF THESE LISTS CONTAINS 
QUALITIES WHICH PRODUCE FAILURE AND 
DISASTER AND THE QUALITIES IN THE OTHER 
LIST BRING TO TH:EIR POSSESSORS SUCCESS AND 
BLESSEDNESS. 

In this way we are enabled to see clearly what is best to 
select, and what we should reject to make our fife successful. 



36 



CHARACTER BUILDING 



The lists are as follows : 



THE CHARACTERI 


STICS THAT 


THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT 


PRODUCE FAILURE 


PRODUCE 


SUCCBSS 


Infidelity 


Sadness 


Godliness 


Health 


Dishonesty 


Folly 


Honesty 


Self-denial 


Idleness 


Anger 


Self-sacrifice 


Cheerfulness 


Hate 


Greed 


Wisdom 


Energy 


Self-indulgence 


Great Fear 


Love 


Economy 


Extravagance 


Disease 


Faith 


Gratitude 


Superstition 


Revenge 


Hope 


Perseverance 


Social Evil 


Dipsomania 


Patience 


Decision 


Cigarette Habit Envy 


Reason 


Temperance 


Intemperance 


Rudeness 


Courage 


Industry 


Indecision 


Cruelty 


Chastity 


Concentration 


Selfishness 


Secret Vice 


Truth 


Mercy 


Gambling 


Hypocrisy 


Enthusiasm 


Self-control 


Ingratitude 


Cowardice 


Kindness 


Fortitude 


Jealousy 


Vanity 


Duty 


Politeness 


Falsehood 


Calumny 


Conscien- 


Joy 



tiousness 

We have just taken a view of the virtues and the vices 
and we know full well which will bring the blessings of life 
and which will result in failure. The great question is how 
can we d,rive the failure qualities out of the mind and how 
can we fill the mind with desirable qualities. 

In answer to these questions I place before you seven- 
teen different instruments for creating sense memories or 
records whereby we may place within the brain qualities 
which are good or qualities which are bad. 

These seventeen (17) effective measures lie within the 
reach of all and can be used for the purpose of filling the 
brain with success thoughts or failure thoughts which will 
result in corresponding actions. 



CHARACTEK BUILDING 



37 



SEVENTEEN INSTRUMENTS FOR EN- 
GRAVING RECORDS WITHIN THE 
BRAIN THAT V^ILL SHAPE 
ONE'S DESTINY 



Prayer 

Words 

Books 

Songs 

Associates 

Plays 

Lectures or Sermons 

Mottoes or Ideas 



Actions 

Quotations 

Suggestion and Repetition 

Ideals 

Pictures 

Stories 
"Desire-Force"-Concepts 
"Visualization" 



Allegories, Parables or Fables 

In the above seventeen ways you can make records 
directly within the brain and set about packing into it the 
list of virtues I have just mentioned with as much delibera- 
tion as you would undertake to pack a trunk; and as it is 
infinitely more important to pack the brain aright, it should 
receive much more attention. 

These methods are so very simple and so easily available 
that you may be inclined to discard them on account of 
their extreme simplicity; however, before [doing so I trust 
you will consider their great importance and be patient as 
I call your attention to the particular influence which each 
of these instruments may have upon the mind and character. 
Although I have limited the aforenamed lists, I wish it 
fully understood that there are many more which might be 
added to them. 



38 CHARACTER BUILDING 

XI 
QUESTIONS ON A PRACTICAL 



METHOD FOR CREATING A 
SUCCESSFUL LIFE 

Q. Upon what do all agree with regard to success? 

A. ALL AGREE THAT OUR MINDS SHOULD BE 
FILLED WITH THAT WHICH WILL RESULT IN 
SUCCESS. 

Q. WHAT QUALITIES SHOULD BE ELIMI- 
NATED FROM THE BRAIN? 

A. ALL THAT WILL PRODUCE FAILURE 
SHOULD BE EFFACED FROM THE BRAIN. 

Q. What is success and what is failure? 

A. Of course, failure is the opposite of success. 

Q. What difference in opinion is there with regard to 
what constitutes success. 

A. One regards great wealth as the standard of success, 
another great honor and a third a competency. The goal 
of one's ambition is to acquire skill in some art or science, 
or to attain eminence in some profession. 

Q. In what must all agree? 

A. All must agree that WHATEVER RESULTS IN 
WHAT IS ULTIMATELY BEST FOR THE INDIVI- 
DUAL IS HIS HIGHEST SUCCESS. 

Q. How shall we find the way to success? And how 
shall we avoid failure? 

A. We may learn much by studying the lives of success- 
ful men and women, comparing them with those who have 
proven failures. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 39 

Q. What were the dominant traits in the characters of 
Washington, Lincoln, Florence Nightingale, Frances Wiilard, 
McKinley and Gladstone? 

A. Godliness, honesty, wisdom, self-denial, kindness, 
courage, industry, perseverance, etc., were probably some 
of the virtues that procured their success. 

Q. Where do we find many of those who are phenome- 
nal failures? 

A. We find them in penitentiaries, jails, hospitals; in 
insane asylums, dens of infamy and almshouses, etc. 

Q. What brought them to this wretched condition? 

A. They, doubtless, in some way, acquired elements of 
failure, such as infidelity, dishonesty, self-indulgence, vanity, 
idleness, cruelty or sensuality, etc. 

Q. W^hat can we learn by comparing these two classes 
of people? 

A. BY CAREFULLY COMPARING THESE TWO 
OPPOSITE CLASSES WE CAN READILY PERCEIVE 
WHAT ATTRIBUTES LEAD TO SUCCESS AND WPIAT 
ATTRIBUTES LEAD TO FAILURE. 

Q. What should be done to enable us to make this 
matter clear and definite? 

A. It is desirable to arrange two lists, one of which 
should contain the failure qualities which if acquired by an 
individual will cause him to become a failure, and the other 
list should contain success qualities which if acquired by the 
individual will insure his success. 

Q. What is the object in m.aking out these lists? 

A. They are made so that the pupil may see readily 
what characteristics are best to select for himself, and what 
evils are best to avoid, and he can then map out his life 
accordingly. 



40 CHARACTER BUILDING 

Q. Name a list of characteristics that produce failure? 

A. Infidelity, dishonesty, hatred, idleness, self-indul- 
gence, social evil, great fear, dipsomania, disease, cigarette 
habit, ingratitude, selfishness, greed, cruelty, extravagance, 
sadness, anger, folly, superstition, secret vice, cowardice, 
gambling, intemperance, envy, jealousy, revenge, vanity, 
rudeness, cruelty and hypocrisy. 

Q. Name the characteristics that produce success? 

A. Godliness, honesty, wisdom, self-sacrifice, love, 
faith, hope, patience, courage, reason, self-control, kindness, 
chastity, health, energy, cheerfulness, economy, gratitude, 
joy, perseverance, mercy, industry, temperan-ce, fortitude, con- 
centration, politeness, truth, enthusiasm, decision, duty, etc. 

Q. The question now arises, how can we acquire the 
good and discard the evil? 

A. In answer to this question I place before you 
seventeen different instruments for engraving records in the 
brain, whereby you may place therein qualities that are good 
or qualities that are bad. 

Q. Do these effective means lie within the reach of all? 

A. They do, and can be used as a mallet and chisel to 
carve in the brain either success or failure qualities, depend- 
ing on whichever one may choose. 

Q. Name the seventeen instruments that can be used 
for inscribing anything we choose within the brain? 

A. The seventeen instruments to be used for inscribing 
in the brain are as follows: Prayer, words, books, songs, 
associates, plays, lectures or sermons, actions, suggestions, 
quotations, repetition, ideas or mottoes, pictures, ideals, alle- 
gories, parables or fables, desire, force, concepts and visuali- 
zation. 

Q. Can these instruments be used to carve evil in the 
brain as well as good? 

A. They can be used to engrave either failure or 
success qualities in the brain, as they are simply tools. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 41 

XII 

INSTRUMENTS FOR ENGRAVING 
THE BRAIN 

WORDS 

Words are first on my list for making records in the 
brain. They are not simply dry husks or shells but are 
symbols of ideas, and whenever you utter a word the corre- 
sponding idea springs into being. 

Words have been tested by different cults and have 
proved very effective in changing states of mind and physical 
condition. As for myself, by actual experience, I have 
found a satisfactory tonic in the three simple words, FAITH, 
HOPE and LOVE. 

I WOULD ADVISE YOU IN THE USE OF 
WORDS TO TAKE THOSE OF AN OPPOSITE NATURE 
TO THE MALADY WITH WHICH YOU ARE AF- 
FLICTED. 

If it is weakness, take the word strong; if fear, say the 
word courage. If sad, repeat the word joy. If distracted 
with turmoil and strife, keep saying the word peace. 

BOOKS 

Who can describe the wonderful power and influence 
of books! The thoughts of the wisest men, the writings of 
the greatest philosophers, all of the inspiring works of the 
giant intellects of the world, their sublimest creations — 
poetry, romance, history and ideals — all come to use in 
books. 



42 CHARACTER BUILDING 

THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THEM WE MAY 
BRING THESE EXALTED BEINGS RIGHT INTO 
OUR OWN HOMES AND MAKE THEM COMPANIONS 
OF OUR CHILDREN. If we only knew how we could 
select literature that would charm them into the enchanted 
realm of the good, the true and the beautiful. 

Get from the libraries simple, interesting biographies 
and stories that inculcate good morals and heroic self- 
sacrifice that present the grandeur of a noble life. 

''A book is like the magic carpet that took the traveler 
all over the earth. '^ 

''Your mind is made up of the books you have read, the 
wise or foolish talks you have heard and the thinking you 
have done * * * Only thought created by the book is 
of value to you.'' 

Remember that books are simply instruments that may 
be used to destroy as well as to save. THEY MAY PROVE 
A DEADLY POISON TO THE MIND, AS THEY HAVE 
ALREADY RUINED INNUMERABLE BOYS AND 
GIRLS. 

STORIES OF THE GREAT HEROISM AND GREAT 
EXPLOITS OF ROBBERS AND BANDITS INSPIRE 
BOYS WITH ENTHUSIASTIC ADMIRATION AND 
A BURNING DESIRE TO ACCOMPLISH SIMILAR 
FEATS OF DARING, AND LEAD THE SAME FREE 
WILD LIFE OF CRIME. 

MANY OF THE LOVE STORIES AND ROMANCES 
THAT ARE NOW SO POPULAR INSPIRE THE 
IMAGINATION AND INFLAME THE PASSIONS, 
WHILE GILDED SIN ENAMOURS THE FANCY AND 
CORRUPTS THE SOUL. 

IMMORAL TEACHERS, IN THEIR WORKS, 
UNDER THE GUISE OF PHILOSOPHY LOOSE THE 



CHARACTER BUILDING 43 

REINS OF MORAL AND RELIGIOUS RESTRAINT 
AND THUS LURE THE UNSUSPECTING FROM THE 
PATH OF DUTY AND RIGHT LIVING. 

BEWARE OF THE POISON OF BAD BOOKS. 

PLAYS 

PLAYS MAY BE MADE VERY USEFUL IN ESTAB- 
LISHING CORRECT STANDARDS OF RIGHT AND 
WRONG. THEY ARE INTENDED AS SHAKES- 
PEARE SAYS, 'TO HOLD AS 'TWERE A MIRROR UP 
TO NATURE TO SHOW VICE HER OWN FORM AND 
VIRTUE HER OWN IMAGE." 

We readily fall in love with the hero or heroine. 

Imagination intoxicates the brain and we are carried 
away captive. 

Hamlet contrived to entrap the murderer of his father 
through the medjium of a play. He says 'The play, the 
play's the thing wherein to catch the conscience of the 
King." 

So, many a play has stricken a sinner a hard blow that 
has brought him to repentance. In the drama, we may see 
before us Virtue in all her pristine loveliness and Vice 
undisguised in all its hideoiisness, so that UNPREJUDICED 
BY PARTICIPATION, WE MAY FALL IN LOVE WITH 
VIRTUE AND TURN AWAY FROM VICE. 

MOTTOES AND IDEAS 

Emerson says, ''Hitch your wagon to a star." Such a 
star I conceive a motto to be. It usually consists of a 
terse phrase or sentence which one frames to counteract 
some fault or weakness or for the purpose of developing 
some virtue, ready for use on all occasions, such as "Never 
be doing nothing," "Do right and fear no man." It be- 



44 CHARACTER BUILDING 

comes the director of his daily life and overcomes the weak- 
ness it is intended to correct. For instance, ''Do what 
you don't want to do/' wa^ the motto of the Duke of Welling- 
ton who vanquished the world's greatest conquerer, 
Napoleon. Naturally timid and cowardly, this motto did 
the work of converting him into a brave general and a great 
commander. 

Search out your own weakness and adopt the motto 
of a directly opposite nature that will overthrow it. 

Lincoln's motto or ruling desire, although we cannot 
vouch for its exact wording, was embodied in the following 
lines: ''ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HIS HAND AND PEN, 
HE WILL BE GOOD BUT GOD KNOWS WHEN." 
This was the motto the untutored, poverty-stricken little 
fellow set up for himself. He was even too poor to wear 
shoes and stockings, living in a log-cabin and sleeping on a 
bed of leaves; but these magic words "He will be good" 
were ever present with him; they were engraven in his 
heart and brain, spurring him on to help humanity. He 
thought, breathed aujd lived them. It was the angel 
spirit that took possession of his entire being, transforming 
an ignorant, penniless boy into one of the grandest men that 
ever lived. 

EMERSON SAYS "IDEAS, ONLY, SAVE RACES." 

ACTIONS 

The great influence actions have in making an impres- 
sion on the mind and consequently on the character is 
demonstrated in the kindergarten where children are taught 
to become virtuous through their plays, songs and dances. 
This idea originated with Plato and was reduced to practice 
by Froebel. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 45 

ACTION MAKES A STRONG IMPRESSION IN 
THE BRAIN BECAUSE BEFORE WE ACT WE THINK 
AND CONTINUE TO THINK EVERY TIME WE 
ACT, THUS ENGRAVING A STRONGER RECORD 
ON THE BRAIN. 

'This matter is put to the test with cheering results in the 
kindergarten. Courage plays, justice plays, artistic, charity, 
laughter, friendship, sympathy and joy plays, are all de- 
signed to call into repeated action some desirable habitual 
state of the mind. 

"The boy who learns certain gallantries in the etiquette 
play doffs his hat without effort. His conduct memories 
act spontaneously.'' Actors are greatly influenced by the 
parts they play. 

ASSOCIATION 

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN 
LIFE AS FAR AS IMPRESSIONS UPON THE MIND 
ARE CONCERNED, IS ASSOCIATION. 

I have been much impressed with the fact that every- 
thing in Nature is always trying to make a duplicate, to 
recreate another like unto itself. If nothing more it keeps 
making pictures of itself everywhere and in every available 
place. 

Every blade of grass, dewdrop, pond, lake, river and 
ocean, have all gone into the picture making business. 

The retinas of our eyes are constantly photographing 
our associates and their actions and THEY ARE THUS 
ENGRAVED UPON THE TABLET OF MEMORY TO 
INSPIRE CORRESPONDING ACTIONS; HENCE THE 
NECESSITY OF GUARDING THE CHILD AGAINST 
EVIL COMPANIONSHIP IS A MATTER OF GREAT 
IMPORTANCE. 



46 CHARACTER BUILDINQ 

SONGS 

As for songs, much could be said of them. Someone 
said "if I were permitted to write the songs of a nation I 
would not ask to make its laws." 

Great impressions may be made upon the mind through 
the medium of songs. Especially should the love of song 
be cultivated in the home. A striking illustration of the 
power of song is that of the Marseillaise hymn that so in- 
spired the people of France with the spirit of revolution that 
it became necessary by law to prohibit its being sung. 

Songs, like books, may also have a debasing influence. 
This is the case with lascivious songs. 

QUOTATIONS 

Quotations usually contain a great writer^s best 
thoughts. His thoughts are what made him great and if 
memorized by the child will, as Professor Webster Edgerly 
says, make him great by absorption. Therefore induce 
children to learn useful quotations. 

IDEALS 

Elizabeth Towne says in the following paragraphs: 
''An ideal is omnipotent, provided you keep watching it; 
but your ideal won't do a thing for you if you don't keep 
your eye on him. He is like some employes, he won't 
work when he isn't watched. 

''But watch you ideal and trust your ideal and there is 
nothing he will not do for you. 

"Practice, Practice, Practice — You can no more learn to 
think ideally without practice than you can learn to play 
the piano without practice. Eternal vigilance in practicing 



CHARACTER BUILDING 47 

good habits of thought — Practice makes perfect in this as 
in other things. Set your mind on the ideal, set it and re- 
set it, a thousand times a day if necessary. The habit will 
be formed at last. Your mind will be renewed — ^your body 
transformed * * *. 

''Your body being a magnet, your environment will be 
changed as your body changes * * *. 

''His ideal held in consciousness hopefully transmutes 
him into a higher statement of Being. He reorganizes 
himself. 

Attention is the door by which the ideal enters the reality. 
Every conscious thought is making bodily conditions. What 
we think upon we embody. WE ARE CHOOSING EACH 
MOMENT EITHER OUR HIGHEST OR SOMETHING 
LESS; AND OUR HIGHEST PERSISTED IN WILL 
CHANGE ANY DEFECT OF TEMPERAMENT. 

"BEHOLD THE OMNIPOTENT POWER WHICH 
IS AT THY DISPOSAL." 

One of our expresidents said "A man's life is worthless 
unless he has a lofty devotion to an ideal. And it is also 
worthless unless he strives by practical means to realize 
his ideal.'' 

I believe most great men have taken other great men 
for their ideals by which to shape their lives. It is possible 
that Washington took Alexander the Great as his military 
hero. Lincoln in all probability took Washington as his 
ideal. McKinley doubtless was inspired by the grandeur 
of Lincoln's character to take him for the model of his life. 

It is not exceedingly difficult to pattern one's life after 
a human ideal. It is like cutting a garment by a pattern. 
Hence it would be well for everyone to select some noble 
person as his ideal. 



48 CHARACTER BUILDING 

LECTURES AND SERMONS 

Lectures and sermons have often proved the turning 
point in a man's Hfe/ 

PICTURES 

Pictures may often be used very effectively in making 
impressions upon the mind. 

Washington Irving tells us of a remarkable instance as 
follows: ''A gentleman took his son to see a face upon the 
mountain side ; when the lad saw it he was deeply impressed 
and said, Tather, that is the face of a NOBLE MAN.' 
THE BOY WAS SO CHARMED AND INFATUATED 
WITH THE IMAGE HE OFTEN WENT TO GAZE 
UPON IT. IT SEEMED TO TAKE POSSESSION OF 
HIS WHOLE BEING AND COMPLETELY ABSORB 
HIS IDENTITY, CAUSING HIM TO BECOME 
TRANSFORMED INTO A NOBLE MAN. 

''Theresult was he held positions of trust and influence 
in the village. 

''One day, a traveler came along and seeing him upon 
the rostrum, exclaim^ed, 'There! there! is the face upon the 
mountainside.' " 

SUGGESTIONS AND REPETITION 

Auto-suggestion and repetition are of great importance 
in building character or in changing one's habits. ''TO 
DEVELOP NEW SENSE MEMORIES AND 
STRENGTHEN THEM, IT IS PLAINLY SHOWN YOU 
MUST REPEAT CERTAIN DECLARATIONS FOR 
IMPROVEMENT JUST AS YOU WENT OVER AND 
OVER THE MULTIPLICATION TABLE UNTIL YOU 
KNEW IT SUBCONSCIOUSLY. This shows why the 



CHAKACTER BUILDING 49 

declarations of the Christian Scientists iterated and re- 
iterated may be effective in creating healthy states of body 
and mind/' 

PRAYER 

PRAYER MAY BE CONSIDERED INDISPENS- 
ABLE IN THE FORMATION OF CHARACTER. 

It means becoming identified with the Godlike in our 
nature and turning against the Demoniac or animal nature, 
the latter being the cause of our temptations and downfall : 
hence THROUGH PRAYER WE BECOME MORE 
CLOSELY ALLIED WITH THE DIVINE, AND IN 
HARMONY WITH UNIVERSAL LAW. 

^^DESIRE—FORCE^^— CONCEPTS 

PROFESSOR ELMER GATES gives the following 
method for getting rid of the vice of SMOKING. 

It may also be used as a most effectual means for 
changing one's nature and habits in other respects. 

While it centralizes on one idea or defect, it can draw 
to itself the co-operation of all the other instrumentalities 
herein given and still maintain its one focal point of en- 
deavor. 

He says: "I may not wish to give up the vice of smoking. 
My will, therefore, wills me to smoke and I smoke, but if I 
commence to build in my brain a new series of sense memories, 
images, concepts, ideas, emotions, impulses, likes and dis- 
likes, conduct memories, and so on, which are not favorable 
to smoking and keep these mentations active daily until 
the new structures become dominant, then I will no longer 
wish to smoke and I will quit." 

Either Love or Hatred may be engendered by building, 
into the brain Concepts of Love or Concepts of Hate. 



50 CHARACTER BUILDING 

The lover wonders why he continues to love the 
girl, who has proven false to him, even against his will. It 
is simply because he has built into his brain a series of "Sense- 
memories,'' images and concept^ idealizing the object of 
his affection, that still demand recognition. 

VERY GREAT IMPORTANCE should be attached 
to this method as it is all inclusive for it can bring, ae it were, 
the whole artillery of the aforenamed forces into action to 
accomplish the object desired. 

ALLEGORIES, PARABLES OR FABLES 

Although slightly differing, the above might all be 
classed as Allegories. 

An Allegory, according to Webster, "is a figurative 
sentence or discourse in which the principal subject is 
described by another subject resembling it in its properties 
and circumstances. The principal subject is thus kept out 
of view and we are left to collect the intention of the writer 
or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the 
primary subject." 

This method has frequently been used in the Bible and 
has proven AN EXCELLENT MEANS OF EXEMPLI- 
FYING GREAT TRUTHS. 

^^VISUALIZATION^ ^ 

The great author, William Walker Atkinson, gives 
directions for visualization as follows: 

"Before you can draw to you the material for building 
up the things or conditions you desire you must form a clear 
mental image of just what you want to materalize, and 
before you can make this mental image you must realize 
mentally just exactly what you do desire, and the process 



CHARACTER BUILDING 51 

of this is called Visualization. That is, to build up a mental 
matrix or mould little by little until you have it before you 
clearly ******** ^jjgjj y^^ niust hold this 

mental image before you constantly regarding it not as a 
mere imagination, but as a something real which you have 
created in your mind." 

Mr. Atkinson also prescribes the following practical 
plan for attainment, viz., 'THE THREEFOLD METHOD 
—AUTO-SUGGESTION, VISUALIZATION AND ACT- 
ING-OUT-THE-PART ******** CULTI- 
VATE THE OUTWARD ACTION AND DEMEANOR 
OF THE MAN WHO HAS 'ARRIVED.' " 



52 CHARACTER BUILDING 

XIII 

THE SCIENCE OF BRAIN GROWTH 

THE POWER AND STRENGTH OF ANY FACUL- 
TY OF THE BRAIN CAN BE DEVELOPED THROUGH 
USE. THIS WE SEE EXEMPLIFIED IN MANY 
WAYS AS IT ACCORDS WITH OUR GENERAL EX- 
PERIENCE. 

With regard to the purely physical, we see how strong 
and greatly enlarged the muscles of the athlete and the 
muscles of the blacksmith's arm become through use. 

Although we witness the results which proceed from 
action and also from thought and that development always 
follows use, still it is desirable to have the substantial proof 
that a corresponding change actually does take place in the 
material brain as the result of thought. 

Professor Elmer Gates has furnished this very im- 
portant proof, which he demonstrated by dissecting the 
physical or material brain, that thought changes the brain 
structures. 

"This test he made with a number of puppies that were 
born at the same time, but were subjected to dissimilar 
treatment, resulting in a greatly differing structure of their 
brains. 

"A number were put in a dark room from the moment 
of their birth and were not permitted to see a ray of light. 

"Another group were permitted to live as dogs usually do. 

"A third set were given most extraordinary training in 
using their seeing faculties. At the age of nine months all 
the puppies were chloroformed. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 53 

"The first group that had never used their seeing 
faculties showed an undeveloped cortex in the seeing area 
of the brain. 

"The second group that led regular dog lives had a 
number of cells developed; the educated dogs had not only 
a larger number of brain cells but the cells themselves were 
more highly developed and more complex in their internal 
structure and chemical composition. 

"Indeed they had a greater number of brain cells than 
any dogs of the breed ever possessed. He, therefore, 
arrived at the conclusion that every thought of a definite 
nature creates a molecular or anatomical change in the 
structure of the brain." 

THIS CHANGE OF STRUCTURE CONSTITUTES 
THE REGISTRATION OF THE THOUGHT. 

I came to the conclusion long ago that the above fact 
embodied the basic or underlying principle of the different 
cults, such as ''Christian Science" and the ''New Thought,'' 
etc. 

By repeating over and over again declarations of health, 
as these cults do, they become recorded within the brain 
and operate the human being accordingly, the result being 
a healthier condition. 

This may be made to apply to moral conditions as well. 

IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW THAT 
BRAIN BUILDING MEANS CHARACTER BUILDING 
SO THAT IN OUR EFFORT TO BUILD CHARACTER 
WE CAN MAKE A DIRECT ATTACK UPON THE 
BRAIN CELLS. This knowledge enables us to develop 
desirable qualities in the individual by the use of artificial 
or outside means. For instance, we may change ourselves 
by first using the instruments already mentioned which 



54 CHARACTER BUILDING 

change the physical brain in accordance with the instru- 
ment used. 

Professor Gates gives the following method for getting 
rid of the vice of smoking : 

He says *'I may not wish to give up the vice of smoking. 
My will therefore wills me to smoke, and I smoke, but if 1 
commence to build in my brain a new series of sense memories, 
images, concepts, ideas, emotions, impulses, likes and dis- 
likes, conduct memories and so on which are not favorable 
to smoking and keep these mentations active daily until the 
new structures become dominant, then I will no longer 
wish to smoke, and I will quit." 

Whenever a thought arouses a certain faculty, elec- 
tricity and blood force a,re drawn to that faculty; action 
occurs and new cells are formed; consequently, it becomes 
enlarged and the more active it becomes the more it grows, 
and this growth in turn stimulates action. 

DUE IMPORTANCE SHOULD BE ATTACHED 
TO THESE FACTS, AS WE MAY APPLY THEM IN 
THE TRAINING OF OURSELVES AND OUR CHIL- 
DREN. 

I will now proceed to take different qualities and 
endeavor to show how they may be developed, in other 
words, add little by little to their growth. 

One may be inclined to think this is too much trouble, 
hat it is not worth while. 

Is it not worth while that one should become a noble, 
glorious human being or, on the other hand, run the risk of 
becoming a trifling, dissipated creature, thief or drunkard? 

CHARACTER IS WORTH MORE TO US AND OUR 
CHILDREN THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN ALL THE 
WORLD. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 55 

GOOD CHARACTER MEANS BLESSEDNESS AND 
ULTIMATE SUCCESS— AND I MAINTAIN IT DE- 
PENDS GREATLY UPON WHAT IS IN THE BRAIN. 

I believe by taking up actual formulas of training 
some particular characteristics I shall make myself more 
fully understood. 



56 CHARACTER BUILDING 

XIV 

THE SCIENCE OF BRAIN GROWTH 

( QUESTIONS ) 

Q. How can we develop any faculty of the brain? 
A. THE POWEE AND STRENGTH OF ANY 
FACULTY OF THE BRAIN CAN BE DEVELOPED BY 

USING IT. 

Q. How does use affect the purely physical? 

A. The muscles of the blacksmith's arm and the 
muscles of the athlete become very strong and large through 
use. 

Q. Is it desirable that we should know that a change 
takes place in the physical brain as a direct result of thought? 

A. It is necessary for the purpose of creating this 
science that we should have substantial proof that an 
anatomical or structural change actually does take place 
in the brain as a direct result of thought. 

Q. How did Professor Elmer Gates obtain this im- 
portant knowledge? 

A. He proved by dissecting the brains of dogs that 
thought changes the brain structures. 

Q. What particular test did he make with puppies? 

A. This test he made with a certain number of pup- 
pies that were born at the same time and were subjected to 
different training; a number were put in a dark room from 
the moment o,f their birth and were not permitted to see 
a ray of light; another group were permitted to live as dogs 
usually do ; a third set were given most extraordinary training 



CHARACTER BUILDING 57 

in using their seeing faculties. At the age of nine months 
all the puppies were chloroformed. The jQrst group that 
had never used the seeing function showed an undeveloped 
cortex in the seeing area of the brain; the second group that 
led regular dog lives had a number of cells developed. 

The educated dogs had not only a larger number of 
brain cells, but the cells themselves were more highly de- 
veloped and more complex in their internal structure and 
chemical composition. 

Indeed, they had a greater number of brain cells than 
any dogs of the breed ever possessed. 

Q. What does Professor Gates say concerning his 
experiments? 

A. Professor Gates says, ''My experim.ents demon- 
strate that every definite mental experience produces a 
definite anatomical or molecular structure in some par- 
ticular or definite part of the brain." 

Q. What should we call this change of structure? 

A. This change of structure constitutes the record in 
the brain made by thought. 

Q. What are the basic or underlying principles of 
different cults such as Christian Science and the New 
Thought? 

A. Their followers make records on the brain un- 
consciously by repeating over and over again declarations of 
health; these declarations through the process of repetition 
become deeply engraved in the brain, and operate the 
human being accordingly, the result being health. 

Q. Can records applying to moral and mental states 
be made in the same manner? 

A. RECORDS APPLYING TO MORALS OR 
MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS MAY BE MADE BY 



58 CHARACTER BUILDING 

REPETITION OR BY USING ANY OF THE OTHER 
SEVENTEEN INSTRUMENTALITIES. 

Q. Why is it important to know that brain-building 
means character building? 

A. It is important to know that brain-building means 
character building because in our effort to build character 
we may then appeal directly to the brain. 

Q. How can we apply this knowledge advantageously? 

A. This knowledge enables us to develop desirable 
qualities in the individual through the use of outside means. 

Q. How can this be done? 

A. We may proceed to change ourselves or children by 
first changing the physical brain through any of the seven- 
teen methods already given which may be used for making 
records on the brain? 

Q. Now what happens when a thought occurs? 

A. WHEN A THOUGHT OCCURS IT AROUSES 
THE FACULTY TO WHICH THAT THOUGHT BE- 
LONGS—ACTION TAKES PLACE AND NEW CELLS 
ARE FORMED, CONSEQUENTLY IT BECOMES 
ENLARGED. THE MORE ACTIVE IT BECOMES, 
THE MORE IT GROWS AND THIS GROWTH IN 
TURN STIMULATES ACTION. 

Q. If we wish to diminish an undesirable trait and 
deplete its action, how should we proceed? 

A. If we wish to lessen or deplete a faculty whose 
excessive action causes a vice or is harmful, WE MUST 
DO IT BY CULTIVATING THE VIRTUE TO GREAT 
EXCESS WHICH IS DIRECTLY OPPOSED TO THE 
VICE THAT WE WISH TO ERADICATE, BECAUSE 
THE VICE HAS ALREADY BEEN ROOTED AND 
GROUNDED. CONSEQUENTLY, IT MUST BE 
STARVED OUT. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 59 

Q. According to biology what happens to the unused 
organ? 

A. It is an axiom in biology that the unused organ 
must die. 

Q. State an important fact that applies in the training 
of the mind. 

A. BRIEFLY STATED, ENTHUSIASTIC 
THOUGHT STIMULATES A FACULTY AND THERE- 
BY ATTRACTS THE ELECTRICITY AND BLOOD 
FORCE TO IT, AND AS ITS DEMAND FOR ACTION 
IS SO GREAT IT ROBS THE OPPOSED FACULTY OF 
ELECTRICITY AND BLOOD FORCE, CAUSING IT 
TO REMAIN DORMANT. 

Q. How, then, would you undertake to develop a 
virtue and destroy a vice? 

A. By over-stimulating the virtue and by never call- 
ing the vice into action, you destroy the vice. 

Q. For example, how may the spirit of hatred be 
supplanted by the spirit of love? 

A. This may be done by building in the brain "a new 
series of sense memories, concepts, ideas, emotions, im- 
pulses, likes and dislikes, conduct memories, and so on, 
which are favorable to love, and keep these mentations 
active daily until the new structures become dominant," 
then you will cease to hate and learn to love. 

IN THIS WAY YOU MAY EXCHANGE VICIOUS 
PROPENSITIES FOR GOOD ONES. 



60 CHARACTER BUILDING 

XV 
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR 

CHANGING ONE'S NATURE 

First, I will take an individual who is very antagonis- 
tic — a natural born hater, filled with distrust and bitterness, 
nevertheless honest and kindhearted, having the loftiest 
aspirations, although believing that every one is his enemy. 

Through bitter experience he has come to fully realize 
his great fault which is probably owing to the unfortunate 
circumstances under which he was born. He knows that 
it is the bane of his existence which has robbed him of his 
peace of mind, produced ill-health, closed the doors of 
friendship, placed between him and humanity an impassable 
barrier so that he stands isolated — a pariah among men. 

WHAT IS HE TO DO TO DESTROY THIS EVIL 
IN HIS NATURE THAT HAS CURSED HIS LIFE? 
HE SHOULD PURSUE THE LAW OF OPPOSITES. 
THE OPPOSITE OF HATE AND DISTRUST IS LOVE 
AND FAITH. 

To get rid of hate one must be diligently and untiringly 
cultivating the spirit of love in every possible way, and 
banish from the heart all feelings of malice and revenge. 

If we expect to destroy a vice by cultivating a virtue 
we must cultivate the virtue to excess by keeping ourselves 
constantly filled with love, the propensity to hate then be- 
comes atrophied as THE UNUSED ORGAN MUST DIE. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 61 

By love I do not mean the love that exists between the 
sexes, but the all-pervading spirit of kindness, charity and 
benevolence. Words are symbols, so let us begin by saying 
the word ''love^' which suggests the concept o£ love and 
arouses it into a state of activity. Repeat over and over 
the words, FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE, AND STRANGE 
TO SAY, THEY WILL ACT LIKE A CHARM, RE- 
VIVIFYING THE POOR HEART THAT HAS BEEN 
SHRUNKEN AND SHRIVELED BY THE BITTER- 
NESS OF HATRED AND DISTRUST. 

Then not only learn but practice quotations on this sub- 
ject such as "Help whoever, whenever you can, Man fore- 
ever needs aid from man; Let no day die in the West, That 
thou hast not comforted some sad breast." 

Read Drummond's ''Greatest Thing in The World, '^ 
wherein he makes plain why love is the ''SUMMUM 
BONUM of all things." Then sing beautiful songs of love 
such as "I CLOTHE MYSELF AROUND WITH IN- 
FINITE LOVE— WITH INFINITE LOVE AND WIS- 
DOM." 

Memorize the thirteenth chapter of Corinthians on 
charity. Imagine yourself love personified. Elizabeth 
Towne in substance says, — ''The sun daily furnishes the 
world with light and heat, force and strength and as we are 
rejuvenated, electrified, strengthened and helped to be 
healthier and better so we should regard ourselves each as 
individual suns helping and blessing every one with whom 
we come in contact." Do not hunt for faults in others, 
but dwell lovingly upon their virtues. 

EACH DAY THINK OF SOME WAY TO HELP 
THOSE AROUND YOU; GIVE SMILES, A KIND AND 
ENCOURAGING WORD, A FLOWER, ANYTHING 



62 CHARACTER BUILDING 

HOWEVER TRIFLING THAT WILL MANIFEST THE 
SPIRIT OF KINDNESS. 'LOVE IS THE LAW OF 
LIBERTY/ LOVE IS THE LAW OF LIFE, HEALTH 
AND HAPPINESS. BLESS THEM THAT CURSE you, 
do good to them that despitefully use you. Surround 
yourself with an aura of love, let your tones be loving tones, 
let your countenance be permeated by the glow of a loving 
soul. All these things will arouse the like forces, sending 
them to the faculty of benevolence — creating between you 
and humanity a bond of sympathy, bringing love and 
friends. 

BUT ABOVE ALL THINGS IF ONE THOUGHT OF 
HATRED TAKES POSSESSION OF YOU DO NOT LET 
IT REMAIN, BUT INSTANTLY, DRIVE IT OUT 
WITH CONCEPTS OF LOVE. 

I make the above suggestions indicating the general 
trend. 

I will now consider Combativeness, remembering that 
every time you make a strong suggestion of combative- 
ness whether by action or by words, you send the electri- 
city and blood force to the combative faculty of the brain 
which creates therein both action and growth. 

A distinguished man in this country who is now noted 
for his pugilistic tendencies at one time discovered that he 
was deficient in combativeness, and so he set about culti- 
vating it. One of the things which he did was to take 
boxing lessons; another ordeal which he underwent was to 
become a cowboy, where he had not only to contend with 
those around him but with his own nature, as he had not 
been accustomed to hardships. 

We may have little admiration or charity for the boy 
who fights. STILL TO BECOME A HERO IN THIS 



CHARACTER BUILDING 63 

WORLD IT IS NECESSARY FOR ONE TO HAVE A 
DEGREE OF COMBATIVENESS. FOR IN THE 
FIRST PLACE HE MUST FIGHT THE EVIL FORCES 
WITHIN HIMSELF AND CONQUER THEM, AND 
THEN HE MUST FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE AND THE 
WELFARE OF OTHERS. I think a good motto for 
one who would build up a spirit of combativeness is the one 
that the great Duke of Wellington adopted. Lacking in 
courage, he took as his motto, ^'DO WHAT YOU DON'T 
V\^ANT TO DO." Anyone adopting this motto will find 
he always has plenty of fight with himself on hand. But, 
if he succeeds, he will have achieved life's greatest victory — 
SELF-CONQUEST. 

Another way to enlarge this faculty is to argue and 
debate. 

Learn stanzas such as the following — 'Tn the world's 
broad field of battle, in the bivouac of life, be not like dumb 
driven cattle, be a hero in the strife." ''DARE TO DO 
RIGHT, DARE TO BE TRUE." "DO RIGHT AND 
FEAR NO MAN." 

I know a young man who for the purpose of cultivating 
the spirit of combativeness accompanied his work when 
cutting hedge or driving fence-posts with the thought, 
''I am fighting, I am conquering, etc." 

While a contentious person is not very pleasant, still a 
good degree of resistance in the mental make-up is requisite 
as it is an engine of force, and properly guided and re- 
strained, produces a strong character. 

Now suppose your child is gjoomy or sad. Some 
children are born with a mental bias which inclines them to 
weep continually. To cure this morbid spirit, joy and glad- 
ness should be cultivated to excess. Teach them to repeat 



64 CHARACTER BUILDING 

the word joy, it being the symbol of the joyous spirit, and 
when repeated touches the joy center of the brain which 
responds to the words ^'joy^' and ''gladness." 

Encourage them to laugh and be gay. Show th^n that 
you admire joyous people and in this way inspire them to 
become joyous. Have them learn little quotations such as 
''A MERRY HEART DOETH GOOD LIKE A MEDI- 
CINE," ''MIRTH IS GOD'S MEDICINE." CHAVASSE 
SAYS, "WE OUGHT TO BEGIN WITH THE BABIES 
AND TRAIN THEM IN HABITS OF MIRTH." "ALL 
THE RUST OF LIFE OUGHT TO BE RUBBED OFF 
BY THE OIL OF MIRTH." "LAUGH AND THE 
WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU, WEEP, AND YOU 
WEEP ALONE." 

It is said "humor was Lincoln's life-preserver" and 
surely it may be ours as well. 

Here is a piquant bit of humor that defies misfortune. 
"Fate served me meanly but I looked at her and laughed. 
Along came Joy and paused beside me where I sat, saying: 
'I came to see what you were laughing at.' " 

"Look for goodness, look for gladness. You will meet 
them all the while; if you turn a smiling visage to the glass 
you meet a smile." "Smile av/hile, and while you smile, 
another smiles, and soon there's miles and miles of smiles, 
and life's worth while because you smile." 

In the preceding lines I have taken the liberty of 
using a number of choice quotations from different authors 
that appear in Orison Swett Marden's book entitled, "Cheer- 
fulness as a Life Power." He tells about a lady who kept 
a "Pleasure Book" in which she recorded every trifling thing 
that gave her pleasure. I would advise you if inclined 
to despondency to procure a dainty book of this kind and 



CHARACTER BUILDING 65 

carry it in your purse or on your chain to be used not only 
for writing, but as a charm or talisman of success. 

TAKE AS YOUR MOTTO, ^^I HAVE FUN FROM 
MORNING TILL NIGHT." PRACTICE LAUGHTER 
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THERE IS NOTHING 
MORE REJUVENATING. FINALLY, IMAGINE 
YOURSELF A HAPPY JOYOUS CREATURE. KEEP 
IT UP UNTIL IT IS FULLY PHOTOGRAPHED WITH- 
IN THE BRAIN, AND THEN YOUR LIFE WILL 
DEVELOP ACCORDINGLY. 

We will now suppose one has the misfortune to have a 
child who is incUned to be dishonest. Perhaps this almost 
breaks the mother's heart, for she knows full well the great 
calamity that this defect entails upon the future of the 
child. In this case I would advise the mother to CULTI- 
VATE AN ENTHUSIASTIC ADMIRATION FOR 
HONESTY AND HONEST PEOPLE WHICH WILL UN- 
CONSCIOUSLY MANIFEST ITSELF AND INSPIRE 
THE CHILD WITH THE SAME ADMIRATION, PRO- 
VIDED SHE HERSELF BE HONEST. 

P^ead books aloud, telling of the grandeur, heroism and 
reward of honesty and also the sad fate of those who are 
dishonest, and are now disgraced, languishing in prison, 
caged like savage beasts. Procure mottoes such as "AN 
HONEST MAN IS THE NOBLEST WORK OF GOD,'' 
etc. 



66 CHARACTER BUILDING 

XVI 
RECAPITULATION 

I will now review the fundamental principles of this 
SYSTEM. 

FIRST. The brain along with its equipment of five 
senses and nervous system in its action closely resembles 
a phonograph and phonograph record. 

SECOND. Through the horn of the five senses the 
SELF may engrave any thought in the brain. 

THIRD. Every thought produces an anatomical or 
structural change in the brain. This structural change 
constitutes a record. 

FOURTH. We are, for the most part, as our brains 
are. What we think, do or say, as a rule, depends upon 
them. 

FIFTH. The brain being an exceedingly exquisite 
piece of mechanism receives impressions of what we think 
and whatever is perceived through the senses that interests 
us. 

SIXTH. YOU MAY INSCRIBE ANYTHING IN 
THE BRAIN AS EFFECTUALLY AS YOU CAN WRITE 
WITH PEN AND INK UPON PAPER. 

SEVENTH. Records are made in the brain by estab- 
lishing sense memories which consist of anatomical or 
structural changes in the brain. 

EIGHTH. These may present the appearance of 
infinitesimal creases or indentations made in the brain, 
possibly somewhat similar to those made on a phonograph 
record. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 67 

NINTH. After these records have been made they 
can be used at will to control the mind, disposition and 
character of the individual as a phonograph record may be 
used to guide the phonograph. 

TENTH. SEVENTEEN different instruments can be 
satisfactorily used for engraving in the brain any of the 
thirty virtues or thirty vices in the lists that have already 
been given. 

ELEVENTH. The SEVENTEEN INSTRUMENTS 
for making records in the brain are books, songs, associates, 
plays, lectures or sermons, mottoes or ideas, actions, quota- 
tions, repetition, ideals, pictures, prayer, stories, allegories, 
parables or fables, desire-force-concepts and visualization, 
etc. 

TWELFTH. THE THIRTY VIRTUES (SUCCESS, 
QUALITIES) are godliness, honesty, self-sacrifice, love, 
truth, wisdom, faith, hope, industry, patience, reason, 
courage, fortitude, chastity, joy, kindness, duty, self-denial, 
cheerfulness, energy, economy, gratitude, politeness, per- 
severance, justice, temperance, punctuahty, mercy, decision, 
and self-control, etc. 

THIRTEENTH. THE THIRTY VICES (FAILURE 
QUALITIES) are as follows: Infidelity, dishonesty, idle- 
ness, hate, self-indulgence, extravagance, superstition, 
vanity, sensuality, cigarette habit, intemperance, selfishness, 
dipsomania, ingratitude, jealousy, falsehood, sadness, folly, 
anger, cowardice, avarice, great fear, revenge, despair, envy, 
rudeness, cruelty, gambling, social evil, secret vice and 
hypocrisy. 

FOURTEENTH. When records have once been made 
in the brain they are then ready for use. The Self or Ego 
is the operator that selects the record that shall be called 



68 CHARACTER BUILDING 

into action. In like manner the operator of a phonograph 
selects from among his store of records the one that he will 
operate. 

FIFTEENTH. HENCE, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR- 
SELF OVER AND CHANGE YOUR WHOLE NATURE 
THROUGH A KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL 
APPLICATION OF THIS METHOD. 

SIXTEENTH. THAT OUR BRAIN SHOULD CON- 
TAIN ONLY SUCCESS QUALITIES IS A MATTER 
WHICH SHOULD CONCERN EACH ONE OF US 
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 

SEVENTEETH. OUR CHARACTER IS DETER- 
MINED BY WHAT IS INHERENT IN THE BRAIN 
ALONG WITH WHAT IS PUT INTO IT MINUS WHAT 
WE ELIMINATE FROM IT. 

EIGHTEENTH. YOU CAN PROCEED TO PACK 
YOUR BRAIN AS DELIBERATELY AS YOU WOULD 
PACK YOUR TRUNK IF YOU WERE GOING TO 
EUROPE. 

NINETEENTH. To do this satisfactorily you should 
make out an inventory of all the qualities that will be required 
on 3^our life's journey. 

TWENTIETH. NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE CAN 
BE DONE SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT PLANNING. 
To build a cathedral, a school house or a residence, an archi- 
tect should be employed to plan and work out the design. 
To make a satisfactory garment a pattern must be obtained. 

TWENTY-FIRST. Hence, as character is of infinitely 
more importance than r.ny of the aforenamed, YOU SHOULD 
MAP OUT YOUR iDEA OF THE KIND OF INDI- 
VIDUAL YOU WISH TO BECOME, SELECT THE 
DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES YOU WISH TO PUT INTO 



CHARACTER BUILDING 69 

YOUR CHARACTER AND PROCEED TO PACK THEM 
INTO YOUR BRAIN. 

TWENTY-SECOND. As certain qualities of mind are 
detrimental and contain elements of failu;re you should 
proceed to unpack or eliminate them from the brain as you 
woujd take out offensive or undesirable goods from a trunk. 

TWENTY-THIRD. Use builds brain structure as 
the use of the arm builds muscle structure. Professor 
Gates says: ''To develop new sense memories and strengthen 
them it is plainly shown you mu^t repeat certain declara- 
tions for improvement just as you went over the multiplica- 
tion table until you knew it subconsciously. '^ 

TWENTY-FOURTH. It is an axiom in biology that 
the unused organ must die, and this principle applies to the 
different faculties of the brain as well as to the rest of the 
body. 

TWENTY-FIFTH. THE WAY TO ERADICATE A 
VICE (FAILURE QUALITY) IS TO LET IT LIE DOR- 
MANT WHILE YOU CULTIVATE THE VIRTUE 
INTENSIVELY WHICH IS DIRECTLY OPPOSED TO 
THE VICIOUS PROPENSITY THAT YOU WISH TO 
DESTROY. 

TWENTY-SIXTH. The virtue which is to eliminate 
a vice or evil must not only be of an opposite nature but 
must be cultivated to GREAT EXCESS, because the vice 
has already been growing until it has a strong foothold. 
You must therefore GREATLY AROUSE the virtue so as 
to attract the electricity and blood force to it and in this 
way rob or deplete the vicious propensity causing it to 
become atrophied. 

TWENTY-SEVENTH. Diligently guard those in- 
fluences that produce strong impressions upon the mind. 



70 CHARACTER BUILDING 

They may be regarded as the "INK OF FATE" with which 
you may inscribe upon the brain 'THE SEAL OF YOUR 
DESTINY." 

TWENTY-EIGHTH. Think seriously then of the 
powerful force for good or for evil within your grasp. Be 
ever earnestly studying and selecting the means that will 
bring only the success elements of character and equally 
vigilant in warding off the destroying influences. In this 
way you will secure for yourself a brain that will prove to 
you A GUERDON OF SUCCESS. 



CHARACTER BUILDING 71 

XVII 
QUESTIONS ON RECAPITULATION 

FIRST Q. What does the brain in its action 
closely resemble? 

A. The brain in its action, along with its equipment of 
five senses and nervous system, closely resembles a phono- 
graph and phonograph record. 

SECOND Q. How can one engrave thought in the 
brain? 

A. The SELF can engrave thought in the brain through 
the horn of the five senses, or by thinking, alone. 

THIRD Q. Does every thought produce a struc- 
tural change in the brain? 

A. Every thought produces an anatomical or struc- 
tural change in the brain. This structural change con- 
stitutes a record. 

FOURTH Q. What determines what we are? 

A. WE ARE AS A RULE AS OUR BRAINS ARE. 
WHAT WE THINK, DO, OR SAY TO A GREAT EX- 
TENT DEPENDS UPON THEM. 

FIFTH Q. Is the brain easily impressed with what 
we think or perceive? 

A. The brain being an exceedingly exquisite piece of 
mechanism, receives impressions of what we think and of 
whatever is perceived through the senses. 

SIXTH Q. Can you inscribe in the brain anything 
you desire? 

A. You can inscribe in the brain as effectually as you 
you can write with pen and ink upon paper. 

SEVENTH Q. How are records made in the brain? 



72 CHARACTER BUILDING 

A. Records are made in the brain by establishing 
sense memories which consist of anatomical or structural 
changes in the brain made though the medium of any of the 
five senses, and through thought. 

EIGHTH Q. What is the general appearance of these 
records? 

A. They possibly present the appearance of infinitesi- 
mal creases or indentations made in the brain, somewhat 
similar to those on a phonograph record. 

NINTH Q. Can these records be used to control 
your mind and character? 

A. AFTER THESE RECORDS HAVE BEEN 
MADE THEY CAN BE USED AT WILL TO CONTROL 
YOUR DISPOSITION AND CHARACTER AS A 
PHONOGRAPH RECORD MAY BE USED TO GUIDE 
A PHONOGRAPH. 

TENTH Q. How many different instrumentalities 
are presented on the chart that can be used satisfactorily 
to engrave qualities in the brain? 

A. SEVENTEEN OF THE MOST PRACTICAL 
INSTRUMENTALITIES FOR MAKING RECORDS IN 
THE BRAIN ARE PRESENTED ON THE ACCOM- 
PANING CHART. 

ELEVENTH. Q. Name tjiem. 

A. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: 

Prayer Actions 

Books Quotations 

Songs Repetition 

Words Ideals 

Associates Pictures 

Plays Stories 

Lectured or Sermons Desire-Force-Concepts 

Mottoes or Ideas Visualization 

Allegories, Parables or Fables 



CHAEACTER BUILDING 



73 



TWELFTH Q. Name the thirty virtues (su^cjss 
qualities) on this chart, that are desirable traits of character 
to be registered in the brain. 

A. The thirty virtues referred to are as follows: 



Godliness 


Health 


Self-denial 


Honesty 


Energy 


Self-sacrifice 


Wisdom 


Love 


Economy 


Faith 


Hope 


Gratitude 


Patience 


Mercy 


Perseverance 


Reason 


Temperance 


Courage 


Chastity 


Conscientiousness 


Punctuality 


Truth 


Joy 


Self-control 


Kindness 


Fortitude 


Politeness 


Duty 


Industry 


Cheerfulness 



THIRTEENTH. Q. NAME THE THIRTY VICES 
(FAILURE QUALITIES) THAT ARE MENTIONED ON 
THE CHART. 



A. The tt 


lirty vices referred to 


are as follows : 


Dishonesty 


Infidelity 


Falsehood 


Avarice 


Sad^iess 


Self-indulgence 


Hate 


Anger 


Idleness 


Folly 


Great Fear 


Extravagance 


Disease 


Sensuality 


Superstitition 


Revenge 


Cigarette Habit 


Dipsomania 


Envy 


Rudeness 


Intemperance 


Indecision 


Cruelty 


Selfishness 


Gambling 


Secret Vice 


Ingratitude 


Jealousy 


Social Evil 


Cowardice 


Vanity 


Calumny 


Hypocrisy 



FOURTEENTH Q. After a record has been made 
in the brain what determines how it shall be used? 

A. After a record has once been engraved in the brain 
the EGO or SELF calls it into action whenever it pleases. 



74 CHARACTER BUILDING 

FIFTEENTH Q. How can you make yourself over 
apd chajQge your nature? 

A. You can make yourself over and change your nature 
through a knowledge and practical application of this 
method. 

SIXTEENTH Q. What matter should concern each 
one of us more than anjrthing else? 

A. It should be a subject of the gravest concern to 
every one to have his mind contain success qualities only. 

SEVENTEETH Q. What determines your char- 
acter? 

A. CHARACTER IS DETERMINED BY WHAT 
IS INHERENT IN THE BRAIN ALONG WITH WHAT 
IS PUT INTO IT MINUS WHAT IS ELIMINATED 
FROM IT. 

EIGHTEENTH Q. Can you proceed to pack your 
brain in a deliberate manner? 

A. You can proceed to pack you brain with as great 
assurance and deliberation as you would pack a trunk if you 
were going to Europe. 

NINETEENTH Q. What should be the first step 
towards accomplishing this in a satisfactory manner? 

A. To be able to do this in a satisfactory manner YOU 
SHOULD MAKE OUT AN INVENTORY OF ALL THE 
QUALITIES THAT WILL BE REQUIRED ON YOUR 
LIFE'S JOURNEY. 

TWENTIETH Q. Can anything of importance be 
done without planning? 

A. NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE CAN BE DONE 
SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT PLANNING. To make a 
satisfactory garment a pattern must be procured. 



CHARACTEB BUILDING 75 

TWENTY-FIRST Q. Should you map out your 
idea of the kind of individual you wish to become? 

A. YOU SHOULD MAP OUT YOUR IDEA OF 
THE KIND OF PERSON YOU WISH TO BECOME, 
SELECT THE DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES YOU WISH 
TO POSSESS, AND PROCEED TO PACK THEM INTO 
THE BRAIN. 

TWENTY-SECOND Q. Should you proceed to un- 
pack or eliminate detrimental or failure qualities from the 
brain? 

A. As certain qualities of the mind are detrimental 
YOU SHOULD PROCEED TO UNPACK OR ELIMI- 
NATE THEM FROM THE BRAIN AS YOU WOULD 
TAKE OUT OFFENSIVE OR WORTHLESS GOODS 
FROM A TRUNK. 

TWENTY-THIRD Q. How can you build brain 
structures and develop sense memories? 

A. Through use you can build brain structures, as the 
use of the arm builds muscle structure. Professor Gates 
says "To develop new sense memories and strengthen them 
you must repeat certain declarations for improvement, just 
as you went over the multiplication table until you knew it 
subconsciously." 

TWENTY-FOURTH Q. What axiom in biology 
applies to the unused organ? 

A. IT IS AN AXIOM IN BIOLOGY THAT THE 
UNUSED ORGAN MUST DIE AND THIS PRINCIPLE 
APPLIES TO THE DIFFERENT FACULTIES OF THE 
BRAIN AS WELL AS TO THE REST OF THE BODY. 

TWENTY-FIFTH. Q. How can you eradicate a vice 
(failure quality)? 



76 CHARACTER BUILDING 

A. To eradicate a vice let it remain unused while you 
cultivate the virtue intensively which is directly opposed to 
the vicious prope;nsity that you wish to destroy. 

TWENTY-SIXTH Q. Why must you cultivate the 
virtue excessively that is to eliminate a particular vice? 

A. Because the vice has alreadj^ a strong foothold you 
must therefore GREATLY AROUSE THE VIRTUE SO 
AS TO ATTRACT THE ELECTRICITY AND BLOOD 
FORCE TO IT. IN THIS WAY YOU ROB OR DE- 
PLETE THE VICIOUS PROPENSITY, CAUSING IT 
TO BECOME ATROPHIED. 

TWENTY-SEVENTH Q. Why should you dili- 
gently guard those influences that produce strong impres- 
sions upon your mind? 

A. Those influences that produce strong impressions 
upon the mind should be carefully guarded, because they 
are the "INK OF FATE" with which you inscribe within 
the brain the ''SEAL OF DESTINY." 

TWENTY-EIGHTH Q. Does this method place 
within your hands a powerful force for good or evil? 

A. This method gives a practical process for acquiring 
virtues and discarding vices. 

TWENTY-NINTH Q. How can you secure for 
yourself a guerdon of success? 

A. BY DILIGENTLY SELECTING AND STOR- 
ING ONLY THE SUCCESS QUALITIES WITHIN 
YOUR BRAIN YOU WILL SECURE FOR YOURSELF 
A GUERDON OF SUCCESS. 



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SUCCESS 

By Henry Victor Morgan. 

I hold that man alone succeeds 
Whose life is crowned by noble deeds, 
Who cares not for the world's applause 
And scorns vain custom's outgrown laws, 
Who feels not dwarfed by nature's show, 
But deep within himself doth know 
That conscious man is greater far 
Than ocean, land or distant star; 
Who does not count his wealth by gold. 
His worth by office he may hold, 
But feels himself as man alone 
As good as king upon a throne; 
Who battling 'gainst each seeming wrong 
Can meet disaster with a song, 
Feel sure of victory in defeat, 
And rise refreshed the foe to meet; 
Who only lives the world tb bless. 
Can never fail— HE IS SUCCESS. 



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Man^s Dual Nature 

Science of 

Character Building 

Through Analogy, Concrete and 
Objective Methods 

By 

ALICE SHELLABARGER HALL 

VOL. II 

"Man's body is at once his burden and temptation, 
which he drags after him and yields to." — Victor Hugo. 

"They do not dare to take the snake of the lower 
self in a steady grasp and conquer it, so becoming 
divine, but prefer to go on fretting through divers 
experiences, suffering blows from the opposite forces/' 
— ''The Illumined Way/' 

PRESERVE YOUR BODY, IT IS THE ONLY INSTRU- 
MENT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU WITH WHICH TO PER- 
FORM YOUR MISSION IN LIFE. 



Copyright, 1916, in U. S. A. 

and 

simultaneous initial publication in Great Britain 

By 

ALICE SHELLABARGER HALL 



Revised Edition 

Copy ri ght 1918 

By 

Alice Shellabarger Hall 



All Rights Reserved 



- MAN^S ANIMALISM . 

THE GREATEST OF ALL PROBLEMS 



INDEX 

I. DUAL NATURE— THE ]\IAN AND THE ANI- 

MAL. 

II. DUALISM BISECTS ALL NATURE, AIR, WA- 

TER, FOOD, SOCIAL RELATIONS AND 
MAN. 

III. DUALISM BISECTS ALL NATURE, ETC., 

(QUESTIONS). 

IV. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHART REFRESEN- 

ING MAN'S TRIUNE NATURE. 

V. DESCRIPTION OF THE CHART REPRESENT- 

ING MAN'S TRIUNE NATURE, (QUES- 
TIONS). 

VI. CHARACTERS ILLUSTRATING THE ANIMAL 

NATURE IN MAN. 
VIL CHARACTERS ILLUSTRATING THE ANIMAL 
NATURE IN MAN. (QUESTIONS). 

VIII. BRIEF SKETCH OF THE REFORMATION OF 

JOHN B. GOUGH. 

IX. JEAN VALJEAN OR THE TRIUMPH OF THE 

SOUL. 

X. THE BISHOP. 

XI. A GOAL AND PLAN NECESSARY TO SUCCESS. 

XII. A GOAL AND PLAN NECESSARY TO SUC- 

CESS (QUESTIONS). 

XIII. ENSLAVED BY THE SENSUOUS. 

XIV. ENSLAVED BY THE SENSUOUS (QUESTIONS). 

XV. THE TWO PERSONALITIES. 

XVI. THE WORLD'S GREATEST TASK— TPIE MAK- 

ING OF GOOD MEN AND VIRTUOUS WO- 
MEN. 

XVII. EXTRACT FROM PLATO CONCERNING THE 

SOUL. 

XVIII. THERELATIONBETWEENSOUL AND BRAIN. 



PREFACE 

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATION 

TO RESCUE THE CHILD FROM 

ANIMALISM 

The child arrives upon the earth plane in appearance 
purely physical. 

The spiritual and moral, as yet being in an incipient or 
latent condition, await direction and development. 

HENCE IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT SOME OUT- 
SIDE FORCE SHOULD BECOME ITS TUTOR 
THROUGH THE PERIOD OF CHILDHOOD AND 
ADOLESCENCE, OR THE CHILD WILL DRIFT 
ALONG WITH ITS ANIMAL NATURE AND BECOME 
THE SLAVE OF APPETITE, PASSION AND VICE. 

IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE SOME GUIDING 
AND RESTRAINING INFLUENCE AT THIS PERIOD 
TO PLACE THE DANGER SIGNALS. 

The traffickers in vice have cunningly devised subtle 
schemes that appeal to the animal instincts which they 
place conveniently near to entrap the unwary and, con- 
sequently, before we are aware, the youth has become 
victimized — an easy prey to vice. 

THOSE TO WHOM THE CHILDREN— THE FU- 
TURE CITIZENS OF OUR NATION— HAVE BEEN 
ENTRUSTED, MARVEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE, 
OR, ELSE CLOSE THEIR EYES TO THE TRUTH, 
DETERMINED NOT TO SEE IT, WHILE CHERISH- 
ING THE DELUSIVE PHANTOM OF HOPE THAT 
THE WORLD IS GROWING BETTER. 

No one will doubt that character is more important to 
the citizens of a nation and to a nation itself than anything 
else. 



RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATION 7 

Everjrthing sinks into insignificance alongside of 
character. 

We have an immense army of teachers and many million 
pupils trained, drilled and equipped at the state's expense, 
for the purpose of promoting a better citizenship. 

Besides these, there are many other schools splendidly 
equipped for the same purpose. ''DO THEY HIT THE 
MARK? OR, DO THEY MISS IT?" 

CHARACTER IN ITS CITIZENS IS A NATION'S 
GREATEST BLESSING. 

THE GRANDEST THING A MAN CAN POSSESS 
IS A NOBLE CHARACTER. 

''Lincoln was a powerful man, a giant for strength, a 
man of brilliant intellect; but all of his qualities were as 
nothing compared with his character." 

The opinion of the age is that money and success are 
about synonymous terms and hencepeopleare "money-mad." 

Let us change our false standard of success from that of 
money to the true standard of success which is character. 

One of the great philosophers says, "In proportion as 
rich men and riches are honored in a nation, virtue and the 
virtuous are dishonored, and what is honored is cultivated 
and what is dishonored is neglected." 

However, "every one who wishes to get on in the world 
should justly estimate the value of money. Let him neither, 
on the other hand, make it the only gauge and object of, 
success." 

Teach the child to understand his complex being. 
Make him realize the necessity of battling with his lower 
self if he would rise to the true estate of manhood. 

It devolves upon those who are the guardians of the 
future citizens of our country to act the part of commander- 
in-chief and out-general the forces of evil. 



8 RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATION 

The schools should be the great bulwark of the nation. 
It is incumbent on them to make good citizenship their 
paramount issue. 

The public school teachers constitute a great army of 
cultured citizens — brainy people of the nation, who are well 
disciplined and under marching orders. They have it in 
their power to become the savers of the people. They can 
not throw aside the weight of responsibility that holds to a 
great extent the fate of a nation in their hands. 

WILL THESE GUARDIANS OF THE PUBLIC 
WELFARE BY THEIR SINS OF OMISSION, PER- 
MIT THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR PEOPLE, WHEN 
THEY COULD AVERT IT? 

THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE THE ORGANI- 
ZATION, THE EQUIPMENT AND THE PLASTIC 
MATERIAL TO WORK WITH, IN THE SHAPE OF 
THEIR PUPILS, AT AN AGE WHEN THEY ARE 
MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFLUENCE, AND WHEN 
THAT INFLUENCE IS MOST LASTING. 

RACE BETTERMENT IS THE ONLY TARGET 
AT WHICH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SHOULD AIM. 

Humanity is the great problem of all problems. All 
other problems are valuable only so far as they aid in solv- 
ing this problem. 

Character must always have first place. Is there 
anything so great as the ''fine art of living" and shap- 
ing a human life? 

Pictures, statuary, magnificent architecture, seem cheap 
and tawdry when compared with moulding the architecture 
of a human soul. 

Is there any statue so magnificent as the character of 
Lincoln, of Washington, of Francis Willard or of Florence 
Nightingale? 



I 

DUAL NATURE 
MAN AND THE ANIMAL 

The possibilities of life that lie slumbering in the human 
being are beyond conception. IN EACH INDIVIDUAL 
THERE ARE POTENTIALLY TWO BEINGS, ONE A 
GLORIOUS MANHOOD AND THE OTHER A GROV- 
ELING ANIMAL. 

Either one of these personalities may be awakened and 
called into existence, while the other may be kept in endless 
sleep or deadened, depending in great measure on the stimuli 
that are administered from without. This stimulus is 
education. 

Education comes from a Latin word educare, meaning 
to lead forth. 

Webster gives the definition of education as follows: 
"Education, PROPERLY A DRAWING FORTH, implies 
not so much communication of knowledge as discipline for 
the intellect; establishment of principles and regulation of 
the heart.*' 

EDUCATION IS THE MAGICIAN THAT WORKS 
THE MARVELOUS SPELL— THE OUTSIDE IRRI- 
TANT THAT "PRICKS THE SIDES OF ONE'S IN- 
TENT." WITHOUT IT MAN'S NOBLER FACULTIES 
MAY NEVER BE AWAKENED. 

MAN'S PHYSICAL nature only may be developed 
while his godlike powers pass into utter oblivion. Environ- 
ment is an important phase of education. 

All educators admit that character more than anything 
else fits one for life; yet it appears there is no direct method 
in our schools to develop or strengthen it. The general 
opinion is, "It should be caught, not taught." 



10 MAN AND THE ANIMAL 

Avarice, ambition, lust, selfishness, hatred, jealousy, 
cruelty, and all those qualities that characterize the animal 
in man, have obtained control. 

I MAINTAIN THAT THE SUBJUGATION OF THE 
ANIMAL BY THE GODLIKE IN MAN WILL SOLVE 
THE WORLD'S MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEMS 
THAT SO GREATLY PERPLEX THE CHURCHES, 
EDUCATORS, PHILANTHROPISTS, STATESMEN 
AND SOCIOLOGISTS— IT WILL SOLVE THE 
PROBLEM OF GOVERNMENT, OF WAR, OF HOME— 
THE PROBLEM OF CRIME, OF THE COURTS, OF 
THE SOCIAL EVIL, WAGE SLAVERY, WHITE SLAV- 
ERY, DRUNKENNESS, POVERTY, DISEASE, AND 
ALL THE MISERIES BROUGHT ON BY THE VIOLA- 
TION OF LAW. 

I ASSUME THAT THE PRESENT AIM OF 
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IS TO FIT THEIR PUPILS 
FOR LIFE. 

Man is born on the plane of the animal and will remain 
there unless rescued. To awaken the Godlike nature that 
lies imprisoned in him requires stimuli from without. 

Hence, the great business of education should be to 
furnish the stimuli to arouse the spiritual and moral nature 
of pupils into activity. 

THE GREATEST PROBLEM OF THE AGE IS, 
HOW SHALL WE LIFT THE RACE FROM THE ANI- 
MAL PLANE TO THE RATIONAL OR SPIRITUAL 
PLANE OF EXISTENCE? THEREFORE, CHARACTER 
BUILDING SHOULD BE MADE THE TARGET OF 
ENDEAVOR— "THE MOUNT OF ACHIEVEMENT." 

My aim in this lesson is to demonstrate in different 
ways man's two-fold nature, and show the necessity of 
developing the Godlike and suppressing the animal in man. 



MAN AND THE ANIMAL 11 

Our present day civilization that we boast of is measured 
by those things that appeal to the senses. We are dazzled 
with the appearance of airships, submarines, wireless teleg- 
raphy, phonographs, moving pictures, the magnificence of 
our colleges, prodigious wealth, inventions, factories, engines 
of destruction, feats of engineering, and splendid structures, 
etc. 

These we call civilization and enlightenment, but they 
are simply material, while the spiritual and moral are 
neglected. 

It has been asserted in a triumphant spirit that inven- 
tions, art and science which produce labor-saving machines 
that vfill do all of man's work will cause him to become 
absolutely free and a superior being. This is the greatest 
of fallacies. 

''Idleness is truly the devil's workshop." While I 
admit incessant toil is injurious, moderate labor is bene- 
ficent and essential to man's moral well-being. Otherwise, 
he, too, often becomes victimized by vice and passion as 
exemplified in those who inherit riches. 

TRUE ADVANCEMENT MUST REST ON THE 
DEVELOPMENT OF MAN'S MORAL NATURE OR 
HE WILL RETROGRADE. 

THE HIGHER YOU PILE MATERIAL SUCCESS 
WHILE SPIRITUAL AND MORAL PROGRESS RE- 
MAIN INERT THE MORE PERILOUS THE SITUA- 
TION BECOMES. 

Place the powers of a god in the hands of an animal, and 
you have a fatal combination. 

Through the genius of invention man's arm has been 
lengthened so that he can deal death and destruction to 
the helpless inhabitants of cities and towns, leagues away, 
while he remains secure at home. 



12 MAN AND THE ANIMAL 

He has taken possession of the skies and rains fire from 
the heavens above upon the people beneath. He talks 
across the oceans through the invisible air. 

Plunging beneath the surface of the seas, he roams 
throughout their length and breadth, and from his invisible 
hiding place, belches dynamite, death and destruction at 
will. He can make his voice heard hundreds of miles 
away, etc., etc. 

In short, with the transcendental powers of a god in 
the hands of undeveloped man, we have a cataclysm of 
^'horrors on horror's head accumulate.'' 

Utter ruin, suffering and disaster, must follow. 

Man has not yet arrived. He is still ANIMAL. Be- 
hold in his hands the marvelous powers of a god. Hence 
the DENOUEMENT. 



II 
DUALISM IN NATURE 

/Tolarity or action and reaction we meet in every part 
of Nature; in darkness and light; in heat and cold * * * * in 
male and female * * * * in electricity, galvanism and chemical 
ajEnity. An inevitable dualism bisects Nature * * * as 
spirit, matter; man, woman; subjective, objective; in, out; 
upper, under; motion, rest; yea, nay. Whilst the world is 
thus dual, so is every one of its parts; the same dualism 
underlies the nature and condition of man." — Ralph Waldo 
Emerson. 

THE TWO FORCES 

There are two forces everywhere at work in the world- 
They are opposite forces that exist in the earth, air, sea and 
sky. They exist in the air we breathe — in the liquid we 
drink — in the food we eat — in social relations and in ourselves 

One of each pair of forces is in many instances very 
friendly and helpful to man, so much so that it is absolutely 
necessary to his existence; while the other one of each of 
the dual forces in many instances is a bitter enemy to man, 
ever working his injury. 

AIR 

For instance, pure air is so vitalizing and life-giving that 
we can not do without it even for a few minutes as is demon- 
strated in the case of smothering or drowning. Hence we 
perceive how necessary pure air is to our existence. 

If, on the contrary, we should inhale impure air it 
would cause disease which might terminate in death. 



14 DUALISM IN NATUKE 

LIQUID 

Liquid is indispensable. We should perish from thirst 
if we could not obtain water or some equivalent to take its 
place. On the other hand, if we should drink liquid poison 
it would probably kill us. Hence we see that the former is 
essential and beneficial and the latter is our enemy. 

FOOD 

Wholesome food is so necessary to the preservation of 
life that we can not dispense with it. 

Again, on the other hand, we find impure foods or 
poisonous substances, which, if eaten, would cause intense 
suffering or death. 

SOCIAL RELATIONS 

IN SOCIAL RELATIONS, WE ALSO FIND TWO 
BITTERLY CONTENDING ELEMENTS. THE ONE 
ELEMENT IS VERY KIND TO MAN AND IS EVER 
TRYING TO AID HIM, IN THE FORM OF CHURCH- 
ES, SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, CHARITABLE INSTI- 
TUTIONS, HOSPITALS, CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS 
AND ASYLUMS. 

THE OPPOSING FORCE CONSISTS OF THE 
DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS IN SOCIETY, IN THE 
FORM OF BAD LITERATURE, SALOONS, GAMBLING 
HOUSES, OPIUM DENS, DANCE HALLS, BROTHELS, 
ETC. 

There is not the smallest portion of space that does not 
contain two opposite forces of some kind. 

TV^O FORCES IN MAN 

ABOVE ALL THINGS, WE SHOULD BE MADE TO 
REALIZE THAT TWO BITTERLY OPPOSING 
FORCES EXIST WITHIN US IN SUCH A MARKED 



DUALISM IN NATURE 15 

DEGREE AS TO MAKE, AS IT WERE, ''TWO OF 
US." 

We are said to be ''A TWIN— A DOUBLE— ONE, 
TWO." 

THESE DUAL FORCES CONSIST OF THE RA- 
TIONAL ELEMENT AND THE PASSIONATE ELE- 
MENT. The rational is ever friendly, guiding us to choose 
all that is best for ourselves and to avoid all that would 
prove injurious. It urges us to be kind, unselfish, honest, 
dutiful and pure. 

Opposed to this is the passionate nature which is 
always trying to persuade us to indulge in the evil and 
sensual which would bring upon us misery and ruin. 

Dr. Gregory says: ''WE ARE BORN ON THE 
PLANE OF THE BRUTAL, AND THE GREAT PROB- 
LEM OF LIFE IS HOW SHALL WE RISE ABOVE THIS 
ANIMALISM?" 

Amul says— "EVERY ONE IS A TAMER OF WILD 
BEASTS AND THESE WILD BEASTS ARE HIS PAS- 
SIONS; TO MUZZLE AND TAME THEM; TO DRAW 
THEIR TEETH AND CLAWS; TO TURN THEM 
INTO DOMESTIC ANIMALS, IS THE EDUCATION 
WHICH EVERYONE MUST GIVE HIMSELF." 

Dr. Gregory furthermore says, "THIS OLD, PRIME- 
VAL BRUTISHNESS, LIKE THE FIRES AT THE 
BOTTOM OF A VOLCANO, IS LIABLE TO BURST 
FROTH ANY TIME. IT IS A FIGHT ALL ALONG 
THE LINE AND A FIGHT ALL THE TIME." 

MAN MUST CONQUOR HIS INCLINATIONS OR 
BE DESTROYED BY THEM. 



Ill 

DUALISM IN NATURE 

( Questions) 

Q. What does Emerson say about nature? 

A. Emerson says, ''A dualism bisects all Nature." 

Q. What is said of the forces in the world? 

A. There are two forces everywhere at work in the 
world. 

Q. What is the nature of these forces and where do 
they exist? 

A. They are opposite forces that exist in the earth, 
air, sea and sky — ^they exist in the air we breathe, in the 
liquid we drink, in the food we eat, in social relations and in 
ourselves. 

Q. Are some of these forces necessary and helpful to 
us, while others are injurious and destructive? 

A. One of each pair is, in many instances, very friendly 
and helpful to us, so much so that it is absolutely necessary 
to our existence; while the other one in each of the dual 
elements, in many instances, is our enemy, doing us injury. 

AIR 

Q. Is pure air necessary to man? 

A. Pure air is so vitalizing and life-giving that we can 
not do without it even for a few minutes, as is demonstrated 
in the case of smothering or drowning. 

Q. Is impure air injurious? 

A. If we should inhale impure air containing poisnous 
gases it would cause suffering which might terminate in 
death. 



DUALISM IN NATURE 17 

LIQUID 

Q. Is water or its equivalent indispensable to us? 
A. We should perish from thirst if we could not obtain 
water or some equivalent to take its place. 
Q. Is liquid poison injurious? 
A. If we should drink liquid poison it would probably 



kill us. 



FOOD 



Q. Is food necessary to the preservation of the body? 

A. Wholesome food is so necessary to the preservation 
of life that the individual can not dispense with it. 

Q. What effect have unwholesome foods? 

A. Foods that are unwholesome if eaten would cause 
suffering or death. 

SOCIAL RELATIONS 

Q. What contending elements are to be found in social 
relations? 

A. THE BENEFICENT ELEMENTS AND THE 
DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENTS ARE ALSO TO BE 
FOUND IN SOCIAL RELATIONS. 

Q. How is the beneficent element aiding us and now 
is it represented? 

A. THE GOOD ELEMENT IS EVER TRYING TO 
MAKE US BETTER AND CONSISTS OF CHURCHES, 
SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, CHARITABLE INSTITU- 
TIONS, CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS, ASYLUMS, 
SETTLEMENTS, ETC. 

Q. How is the destructive force represented? 

A. THE DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENT PRESENTS 
ITSELF IN THE FORM OF BAD LITERATURE, 
SALOONS, GAMBLING HOUSES, OPIUM DENS, 
BROTHELS, DANCE HALLS, ETC. 



18 DUALISM IN NATURE 

Q. Does all space contain these double forces? 
A. ALL SPACE CONTAINS PAIRS OF OPPOSITE 
ELEMENTS OF SOME KIND. 

TWO FORCES IN MAN 

Q. What important matter should we be made to 
realize? 

A. Everyone should realize that two bitterly oppos- 
ing forces exist within us to such a marked degree as to make 
of us ''A Twin— A Double— One, Two." 

Q. What constitutes this double or dual nature in 
man? 

A. It consists of the rational element and the pas- 
sionate element. 

Q. How is the rational element helpful to us? 

A. The rational element is ever helpful, guiding us to 
choose all that is best and avoiding all that would prove 
injurious. It urges us to be kind, unselfish, honest, dutiful 
and pure. 

Q. Is the passionate nature opposed to the rational? 

A. The passionate nature is always urging us to in- 
dulge in the evil or sensual which would bring upon us misery 
and ruin. 

Q. What does Dr. Gregory deem the great problem of 
life? 

A. Dr. Gregory says, ''We are born on the plane of 
the brutal and the great problem of life is — how shall we 
rise above this animalism?" 

Q. How does Amul express himself with regard to the 
wild beasts of passion? 

A. AMUL SAYS, ''EVERYONE IS A TAMER OF 
WILD BEASTS AND THESE WILD BEASTS ARE HIS 
PASSIONS. TO MUZZLE AND TAME THEM, TO 



DUALISM IN NATURE 19 

DRAW THEIR TEETH AND CLAWS, TO TURN THEM 
INTO DOMESTIC ANIMALS, IS THE EDUCATION 
WHICH EVERYONE MUST GIVE HIMSELF." 

Q. What does Dr. Gregory says about primeval 
brutishness? 

A. DR. GREGORY SAYS, 'THIS OLD PRIME- 
VAL BRUTISHNESS, LIKE THE FIRES AT THE 
BOTTOM OF A VOLCANO, IS LIABLE TO BURST 
FORTH AT ANY TIME. * * * IT IS A FIGHT ALL 
ALONG THE LINE AND A FIGHT ALL THE TIME.'' 



IV 

DESCRIPTION OF CHART 

REPRESENTING MAN'S TRIUNE 

NATURE 

(See Frontispiece) 

I present a chart for the purpose of making the following 
important psychological fact appear more real and objective, 
namely, the dual nature of man. One should understand 
the psychic nature of humanity more thoroughly than a 
physician should understand a disease before he can pre- 
scribe for it satisfactorily. 

A knowledge of the dual nature of the child is necessary 
to enable the teacher to mould its character. 

"Know thyself" was the Greek motto. If we wish to 
accomplish anything we should first know the forces we are 
to handle and we shall then know better how to proceed. 

THIS CHART IS ALLEGORICAL. ON THE ONE 
SIDE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ANIMALS WHICH 
REPRESENT THE WILD-BEAST NATURE EXIST- 
ING IN MAN. 

ON THE OTHER SIDE WE HAVE AN ANGEL 
THAT REPRESENTS MAN'S GOD-LIKE NATURE. 

THESE TWO FORCES RESIDING IN MAN ARE 
CONSTANTLY AT WAR WITH EACH OTHER — 
FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE— EACH ONE 
CONTENDING FOR HIS SOUL. The one is ever trying 
to drag him down in corruption and degradation; and the 
DEITY in him is ever trying to lift him to a higher and 
more exalted plane of existence. 

RIGHT HERE I WISH TO MAKE PLAIN THE 
FACT THAT, ALTHOUGH MAN HAS A DUAL NA- 
TURE HE IS ALSO A TRINITY. 



man's triune nature 21 

THE SOUL, EGO, OR TRUE SELF IS THAT 
WHICH DECIDES WHETHER THE DEMONIAC OR 
GOD-LIKE FORCE IN MAN SHALL RULE, AND 
CONSEQUENTLY IS THE ALL-IMPORTANT FACTOR 
IN THE TRINITY. 

THE MAN ON THE CHART REPRESENTS THE 
EGO OR TRUE SELF. 

The wild animals of passion are avarice, selfishness, 
sensuality, cruelty, ambition, anger, hatred, revenge, and 
envy; there being many more, but these will suffice. 

These elements reside within the child in a dormant 
condition; but rest assured that they will unfold and assert 
themselves, and enslave it if not conquered. They will grow 
as it grows and become stronger as the child acquires 
strength unless they are subdued. 

To understand this allegorical illustration more thor- 
oughly let us consider what constitutes the great difference 
between Man and an animal. 

First, Man has reason — an animal has no reason, but is 
governed by instinct. 

Second, Man in his normal condition has no disposition 
to kill his fellow man, whereas a savage animal is ravenous 
and bloodthirsty. 

Now let us endeavor to keep in mind these two charac- 
teristics which distinguish man from the animal, for I want 
to prove that in an incipient state this brute nature exists 
in the child. When any one of the passions represented in 
this Chart obtains control over the man it compels him to 
become brutal. 

In this picture you perceive a man who is overshadowed 
by an Angel. This represents one who has chosen the 
better part and has placed himself under the control and 
guidance of his divine nature. 



22 man's triune nature 

The chains in his hands which are fastened about the 
necks of the animals symboHze his control of his passions; 
and their being in cages further symboHzes the fact that 
they can do him no harm. He is master of his passions and 
king over himself. 

To still further emphasize this matter of the dual nature, 
I will illustrate it by the portrayal of different well-known 
characters, demonstrating in these instances that PEOPLE 
WHO WERE OTHERWISE CONSIDERED GOOD, 
WERE CONVERTED INTO VERITABLE DEMONS 
BY PERMITTING ONE OF THE PASSIONS TO HAVE 
SUPREME CONTROL. I WILL ALSO SHOW HOW 
WICKED PERSONS BECAME SAINTLIKE THROUGH 
YIELDING TO THEIR GOD-LIKE NATURE. 

I have also on this Chart the wise saying, ^'HE THAT 
RULETH HIS OWN SPIRIT IS GREATER THAN HE 
THAT TAKETH A CITY." 

This is a strong statement. Think how great and 
powerful a man must be to enable him to capture a city. 
Then to think that we can become even greater than such a 
man by simply controlling ourselves. 

It is such a grand and noble thing to obtain SELF- 
MASTERY. 

Very few people have the faintest conception of the 
awful forces of evil within them. We are born with these 
animal bodies that stay with us, and as long as we live we 
shall have to contend with them, IF WE ARE EVER 
ABLE TO MASTER THEM WE SHALL HAVE 
ACHIEVED LIFE'S GREATEST VICTORY. 

Doctor Gregory says, ''CONQUER THE BRUTE 
AND ENTHRONE THE GOD." 

''IF ONE HAS INSISTED ON LIVING, NOT AFTER 
THE FLESH, BUT AFTER THE SPIRIT, FOR LOVE 
AND TRUTH AND RIGHT, RATHER THAN FOR 
SELF, WITH ITS LOW-PITCHED DESIRES, HIS 
LIFE IS A SUCCESS." 



V 

DESCRIPTION OF CHART 

REPRESENTING MAN'S TRIUNE 
NATURE (Questions) 

Q. What is the object in presenting this chart? 

A. The aim in presenting this chart is to make the 
Dual Nature of man appear more Real and Objective. 

Q. Is it important that we should understand human 
nature? 

A. It is more important that we should understand 
man's psychic nature than it is necessary that a physician 
should understand the disease for which he prescribes. 

Q. Is this knowledge especially necessary to the 
mother and the teacher? 

A. A knowledge of the Dual Nature of the child is 
necessary to enable the mother and the teacher to mould 
its character. 

Q. In training children what should be the first step? 

A. The first step should be to understand their natures 
and then we may train them more successfully. 

Q. Describe the chart. 

A. This chart is allegorical. On the one side I have 
a number of animals representing the wild beast passions 
that exist in man, in a latent condition. On the other side 
I have an angel that represents man's God-like nature. 

Q. Are these two forces in man opposed to each other? 

A. These two forces are at war with each other from 
the cradle to the grave — each one contending for the soul 
of man. Although man has a Dual Nature he is also a 
Trinity. The True Self or Soul is that which decides 
whether the Demoniac or God-like Nature in him shall rule 
and is the all-important factor in the Trinity. 



24 man's triune nature 

Q. What is each of the Dual Natures endeavoring to do? 

A. The Demoniac Nature in man is ever trying to drag 
him down to ruin and the Deity in him is ever trying to lift 
him to a higher plane of existence. 

Q. Name the wild beast passions. 

A. They are selfishness, sensuality, anger, excessive 
ambition, hatred, revenge, envy, avarice, cruelty, vice, etc. 

Q. Do these elements reside in the child? 

A. They reside in the child in a latent condition; but 
they will unfold and enslave it if not conquered. 

Q. Will they increase in strength as the child grows? 

A. They will grow as the child grows and become 
stronger as the child acquires strength unless they are sub- 
dued. 

Q. What constitutes the difference between man and 
the animal? 

A. Man has reason and an animal has no reason but is 
governed by instinct. Man, in his normal condition, has no 
disposition to kill, whereas a savage animal is blood-thirsty. 

Q. Why should we keep these distinguishing charac- 
teristics in mind? 

A. For the purpose of knowing that the brute nature 
exists in an incipient state in humanity, and WHEN ANY 
ONE OF THE PASSIONS REPRESENTED IN THE 
CHART OBTAINS COMPLETE CONTROL OVER 
MAN, IT COMPELS HIM TO TAKE ON THE QUALI- 
TIES OF THE BRUTE. 

Q. Why is the man in the chart overshadowed by an angel? 

A. Because this picture represents a man who has 
placed himself under the control and guidance of his divine 
nature, which is represented by an angel. 

Q. What do the chains in his hands symbohze? 

A. THE CHAINS IN HIS HANDS, WHICH ARE 



man's triune nature 25 

FASTENED ABOUT THE NECKS OF THE ANIMALS, 
SYMBOLIZE HI3 CONTROL OF HIS PASSIONS, AND 
THEIR BEING IN CAGES FURTHER SYMBOLIZES 
THAT THEY CAN DO HIM NO HARM. 

Q. Is he master of his passions? 

A. He is master of his passions and king over himself. 

Q. How shall we further emphasize the dual nature of man? 

A. By the portrayal of different well-known characters 
showing that people who were otherwise good were con- 
verted into veritable demons by permitting one of the 
wicked passions to have supreme control. 

Q. Do very wicked persons ever become saintlike? 

A. I propose to demonstrate how wicked persons be- 
came saintlike by persistently arousing their God-like nature. 

Q. What wise saying have we on the chart? 

A. ''HE THAT RULETH HIS OWN SPIRIT IS 
GREATER THAN HE THAT TAKETH A CITY." 

Q. Is it a grand and noble thing to obtain self-mastery? 

A. IT ENABLES ONE TO BECOME EVEN 
GREATER THAN HE THAT TAKETH A CITY BY 
SIMPLY CONTROLLING HIMSELF. 

Q. Do people generally understand the forces of evil 
within themselves? 

A. THEY DO NOT FULLY REALIZE THAT WE 
MUST CONTEND WITH OUR ANIMAL BODIES AS 
LONG AS WE LIVE, AND IF WE ARE EVER ABLE TO 
MASTER THEM WE SHALL HAVE ACHIEVED 
LIFE'S GREATEST VICTORY. 

Q. Quote what Dr. Gregory says on this subject. 

A. ''Conquer the brute and enthrone the God. If 
one has insisted on living, not after the flesh, but after the 
spirit, for love and truth and right rather than for self with 
its low-pitched desires, HIS LIFE IS A SUCCESS." 



VI 

CHARACTERS 

ILLUSTRATING THE ANIMAL 
NATURE IN MAN 

Now let US proceed to investigate this subject and ascer- 
tain whether it be true that we have a wild animal nature 
latent within us consisting of our passions which, if aroused, 
will cause us to act like wild animals. 

ALL OF US HAVE MANY PASSIONS THAT ARE 
LATENT. THESE, LIKE BABY LIONS, ARE WEAK 
AND HARMLESS DURING INFANCY; BUT IF AL- 
LOWED TO GROW, PROVE VERY DANGEROUS. 

I want to demonstrate by the following characters that 
any one of the passions, if allowed supreme control, will 
cause one to acquire the characteristics of the brute and 
become identified, in a measure, with it. 

AVARICE 

Avarice, the ruling spirit of the age, finds an appropriate 
illustration in the following: 

The people throughout the land were horror-stricken 
some years ago, at the blood-curdling facts narrated in our 
daily papers concerning a murder fiend by the name of 
Mrs. Gunness who lived on a farm near La Porte, Indiana. 
This woman seemed to be money-mad. Money, at any 
price, was her ruling passion, and so she enticed people to 
her farm, ostensibly for the purpose of marriage. She 
assumed to be rich, and induced men of means to sell their 
property, agree to marry her, and bring their money with 
them. 

In this way, and probably on other pretexts, she enticed 
persons to visit her on the farm, and when they were in her 



ANIMAL NATURE IN MAN 27 

power she drugged and killed them. Then she buried them 
around her house, while she maintained a spirit of cheer- 
fulness and composure. So we see how the insane love for 
money converted this woman into an inhuman monster. 

The mad passion for money produces most cruel and 
inhuman oppression, slavery, murder, war, and innumerable 
atrocities of all kinds. 

It has been frequently said that 'THE LOVE FOR 
MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL." 

AMBITION 

I will now consider ambition, which is regarded as quite 
laudable, especially in a young man. Neither do I wish 
to disparage it, but it must never be allowed to become the 
ruling passion, or ruin will follow. 

For instance, take Lady Macbeth as an illustration of 
the passion of ambition. It was her great desire to become 
queen of Scotland. We may imagine her thinking and 
planning for it by day and dreaming of it by night until it 
became almost a monomania, driving her on to obtain the 
coveted crown at any price. 

While this passion was growing to large proportions the 
rest of her nature remained comparatively good. She was 
not a murderess at heart. She was evidently a woman with 
a conscience — a devoted wife and a kind daughter. 

Here, then, was the dilemma — the two forces, good and 
evil, within her, stood confronting each other. What was 
to be done? This mad desire which she had so long en- 
couraged, fairly raged and COULD NOT BE SILENCED. 
IT WOULD NO LONGER LISTEN TO REASON, but 
urged the necessity of getting rid of King Duncan as the 
only way to the throne. 

On the other hand, THE GOD-NATURE IN HER 



28 ANIMAL NATURE IN MAN 

WOULD NOT LET HER INSTIGATE THE MURDER 
OF THE KING. EVERY THOUGHT AND IMPULSE 
OF HER BETTER NATURE REBELLED AND 
FOUGHT HARD AND FIERCELY AGAINST IT. 
BUT THE PASSION OF AMBITION STERNLY DE- 
MANDED HIS DEATH, AND SO THE BATTLE CON- 
TINUED BETWEEN THESE TWO FORCES. 

AMBITION, WHICH HAD ACQUIRED MONSTER 
PROPORTIONS, GAVE HER NO PEACE UNTIL IN 
DESPERATION SHE BESOUGHT THE ''MURDER- 
ING MINISTERS" TO SILENCE THE GOD-NATURE 
WITHIN HER, AND ACCORDINGLY SHE PRAYED 
AS FOLLOWS: "Come, you spirits that tend on mortal 
thoughts, unsex me here and fill me from the crown to the 
toe top-full of direst cruelty; make thick my blood, stop up 
the access and passage to remorse that no compunctious 
visitings of Nature shake my fell purpose, nor keep pace 
between the effect and it. 

''Come to my woman's breasts, and take my milk for 
gall, you murdering ministers, where in your sightless 
substances you wait on Nature's mysteries! Come, thick 
Night, and pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, that my 
keen knife see not the wound it makes, nor Heaven peep 
through the blanket of the dark — to cry Hold! Hold!" 

In this way, she succeeded in silencing her conscience 
for a time. Then, after she had drugged King Duncan and 
his attendants, and her husband still hesitates, she says — 
"INFIRM OF PURPOSE, GIVE ME THE DAGGER," 
and she goes in to commit the murder ; but returns saying — 
**I would have done it had he not so resembled my father 
as he slept." 

We see by this that her better nature is not yet willing to 
give up the fight. Finally, after Macbeth has committed 



ANIMAL NATURE IN MAN 29 

the murder, her woman's nature — her real self — returns 
to upbraid her, and causes her to suffer the unquenchable 
fires of remorse. 

She walks about, apparently in her sleep, moaning with 
anguish, trying to wash the blood off her hands, saying — 
''Out! Out! Damned spot — Out! I say. What! will these 
hands ne'er be clean? Oh! Oh! Oh!" 

Lady Macbeth furnishes us with a remarkable example of 
the great battle that takes place between the contending forces 
of good and evil within us when they are once fully aroused. 

ANGER 

Anger is a passion that is common to us all. If not 
controlled in its incipient state, it becomes dangerous. 

A remarkable case which I will use as an illustration 
occurred in a town in Illinois some years ago. A doctor, who 
had an ungovernable temper, ordered his grandson to do 
something which he refused to do. This greatly infuriated 
the doctor, who jerked out his knife and, with glaring eyes, 
plunged it into the boy, cutting him so terribly that he died. 
The doctor then committed suicide. 

TRULY, AS IT HAS BEEN SAID, ''ANGER IS A 
SHORT MADNESS," AND UNDER ITS INFLUENCE 
A MAN WHO IS ARMED IS MORE DANGEROUS 
THAN A TIGER. 

JEALOUSY 

Shakespeare, the great authority on human nature, 
gives us a fine portrayal of the passion of jealousy in the 
character of Othello, the Moor. He was a great general 
and a noble man; but naturally jealous. His wife, Desde- 
mona, was the soul of honor, and loved him devotedly, 
having forsaken her father, home and high position, to 
become his wife. 



30 ANIMAL NATURE IN MAN 

lago, a villian, knowing the jealousy of Othello, deter- 
mined from sinister motives to arouse it against Desdemo- 
na, which was easily done through a cleverly concocted 
scheme that convinced Othello of her infidelity. His jealousy 
became so violent that for the time being he was like a 
savage beast, and in his jealous rage smothered his beloved 
Desdemona. 

When Othello discovered her innocence his grief was 
so terrible that in utter dispair he killed himself by falling 
upon his sword. 

THE SOCIAL EVIL AND SECRET VICE 

The passion of lust, which produces the Social Evil 
and Secret Vice, in its widespread influence and demorali- 
zation of humanity represents the most debasing and 
destructive of all the passions that flesh is heir to. It is 
said that it has done more to destroj^ and deteriorate the 
human race than any other evil. 

CRUELTY 

Some individuals appear to be dominated by the spirit 
of cruelty which causes them, like the wicked tyrant Nero, 
to delight in the torture of others. 

They are tigers clothed in the garb of hum.anity. These 
human fiends manifest themselves in such personalities as 
^'Jack, the Ripper," and the late Leopold II, King of Bel- 
gium. 

They probably indulged in the spirit of cruelty, allowing 
it to grow and get so strong that they became identified 
with the brute that thirsts for blood. 

I have endeavored through the preceding sketches to 
make it plain that our wild-animal nature must be controlled 
or we shall become enslaved by it. 



VII 

CHARACTERS 

ILLUSTRATING THE ANIMAL 
NATURE IN MAN (Questions) 

Q. Are we born with latent passions? 

A. We have many passions that are in an incipient 
state. 

Q. Are these passions dangerous during infancy? 

A. They are like baby lions, weak and harmless during 
infancy, but if allowed to grow prove very dangerous. 

Q. What do we propose to demonstrate with the 
following characters? 

A. I propose to demonstrate that any one of the 
passions, if allowed full control, will cause one to become 
identified with the brute. 

Q. What is considered the ruling spirit of the age? 

A. Avarice is generally conceded to be the ruling 
spirit of the age. 

Q. In whom does the spirit of avarice find a striking 
illustration? 

A. The spirit of avarice finds an appropriate illustra- 
tion in a murder fiend by the name of Mrs. Gunness who 
resided near La Porte, Indiana. 

Q. Give a brief sketch of this woman and her methods. 

A. SEE PRECEDING CHAPTER. 

Q. What does the passion for money produce? 

A. The mad love for money produces most cruel and 
inhuman oppression, slavery, murder, war, and innumerable 
atrocities of all kinds. 

Q. What has been said of the love for money? 

A. It has been frequently said that "The love for 
money is the root of all evil." 



32 ANIMAL NATURE IN MAN 

AMBITION 

Q. Is ambition usually considered a laudable trait in 
the young? 

A. It is regarded as quite praiseworthy, especially in 
a young man. 

Q. Should it ever be allowed to become the ruling 
passion? 

A. It should never become the ruling passion or ruin 
will follow. 

Q. Who is here taken to illustrate the passion of 
ambition? 

A. Lady Macbeth affords an excellent illustration of 
the Demoniac passion of Ambition, and the fierce struggle 
between it and her conscience. 

Q. Give a brief sketch of Lady Macbeth in her attempt 
to obtain the crown through the murder of King Duncan. 

A. SEE PRECEDING CHAPTER. 

Q. Does this incident afford a remarkable example of 
the great battle that takes place between the contending 
forces of our Dual Nature? 

A. Lady Macbeth 's experience affords us a powerful 
illustration of the great battle that sometimes takes place 
within us. 

ANGER 

Q. What may be said of anger? 

A. Anger is a passion that is common to us all and 
each one must learn to control his temper. 

Q. If not controlled in its first stages will it prove 
dangerous? 

A. If not controlled in its incipient state it becomes 
Demoniac. Anger is said to be a short madness. 



ANIMAL NATURE IN MAN 33 

Q. Is a man dangerous when under the influence of 
this passion? 

A. WHEN UNDER ITS COMPLETE CONTROL 
A MAN WHO IS ARMED IS MORE DANGEROUS 
THAN A TIGER. 

Q. Give an illustration of this passion as exemplified 
by a certain doctor who became infuriated at his grandson. 

A. SEE PRECEDING CHAPTER. 

JEALOUSY 

Q. Does jealousy ever become dangerous? 
A. When jealousy becomes a passion, like all the other 
passions it makes a man very dangerous and cruel. 

Q. Who affords us a good example of this passion? 

A. It is fully exemplified in Othello, the Moor, who 
under its influence murdered his beloved Desdemona, the 
supreme object of his affection. 

Q. Give a brief synopsis of this tragedy? 

A. SEE PRECEDING CHAPTER. 

THE SOCIAL EVIL AND SECRET VICE 

Q. What may be said of the Social Evil and Secret 
Vice. 

A. The passion of lust, which induces the Social Evil 
and Secret Vice in its widespread influence and demoraliza- 
tion of humanity, is the most debasing and destructive of all 
the passions. 

Q. How has it affected the human race? 
A. It is said that it has done more to destroy and 
deteriorate the human race than any other vice or passion. 



34 ANIMAL NATURE IN MAN 

CRUELTY 

Q. What striking examples does history afford us of 
individuals who were dominated by the passion of cruelty? 

A. These human fiends manifest themselves in such 
personalities as the tyrant Nero, ^^Jack, the Ripper," and 
the late Leopold II, King of Belgium. 

Q. What were the chief characteristics of these men? 

A. Their chief delight was in torturing others. 

Q. How did they acquire this passion of cruelty? 

A. They probably indulged their natural propensity 
to cruelty instead of restraining and conquering it, con- 
sequently it became a passion and grew to enormous pro- 
portions. 

Q. What was the final result? 

A. They acquired the characteristics of the brute and 
to a great extent became identified with it. 



VIII 

JOHN B. GOUGH 

I have given a number of instances wherein worthy 
persons were ruined by permitting one of the evil passions 
to dominate and vanquish their better nature. 

I now propose to illustrate by the following example how 
the God-like in man triumphs over his evil nature and 
crowns him with a noble character. 

JOHN B. GOUGH, THE NOTED TEMPERANCE 
LECTURER, AT ONE TIME WAS CONSIDERED A 
HOPELESS DRUNKARD, A SHATTERED SPECIMEN 
OF HUMANITY. 

Finally his conscience became greatly aroused and 
urged him to fight for a better life, consequently he tried to 
reform; but the drink habit got control of him again. 

However, the God-like plead with him to try again,which 

he did, and was successful for awhile ; but the habit was too 

strong, and again he fell. It seemed no use to try to reform. 

FIRST HIS CONSCIENCE WOULD PREVAIL 
UPON HIM TO QUIT, AND THEN THE BEAST 
WOULD URGE HIM TO DRINK, AND SO THE MAN 
WAS SWAYED BACK AND FORTH BY THESE TWO 
CONTENDING FORCES. BUT GOUGH CLUNG PER- 
SISTENTLY TO THE GOD-LIKE, WHICH FINALLY 
SETTLED THE MATTER OF HIS TRIUMPH. HE 
WAS TIRED OF BEING A SLAVE, SERVING THE 
BEAST OF INTEMPERANCE. 

IF ONE PERSISTENTLY TRIES TO OVERCOME 
A VICE AND GOES COMPLETELY OVER TO THE 
DIVINE SIDE OF HIS NATURE, GOD, WHO HAS 
INFINITE POWER, WILL HELP HIM TO CONQUER, 
AND SO IN THIS HARD STRUGGLE GOUGH WAS 
ENABLED TO ACHIEVE HIS FREEDOM WHICH 
RESULTED IN HIS BECOMING THE GREATEST 
TEMPERANCE LECTURER IN THE UNITED STATES 



IX 

JEAN VALJEAN 

THE TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL 

Jean Valjean, the hero of Les Miserables, by Victor 
Hugo, furnishes us with a striking example of the triumph 
of the soul over the body. 

Jean Valjean was sentenced to become a galley slave 
because he had stolen two loaves of bread to feed his sister^s 
starving children. While at the galleys he was cruelly 
abused, made to wear the red jacket, cannon ball on his 
foot, plank to sleep on, heat, cold, labor, the blows, the 
double chain, for a trifle — a dungeon for a word. Nineteen 
years of this treatment developed in him only the base and 
brutal, until he became more fiend than human. 

On account of repeated attempts to escape, his time of 
imprisonment was prolonged to nineteen years. When it 
expired he was returned to France, but was required to 
present a yellow card ever3rwhere he went, telling that he 
was a dangerous ex-convict. Consequently he could get 
neither work nor shelter and was turned away from every 
door. Finally, in a state of exhaustion and desperation he 
stopped at the home of a Bishop who, to his great amaze- 
ment, treated him as a brother, bade him sit down at his 
own table with him and gave him the best he had. 

However, in the night Jean arose and repaid the Bishop's 
generous hospitality by stealing his silver plate. He took 
with him a strong club and would probably have killed the 
Bishop if he had interfered. 

This shows us how utterly depraved and brutalized Jean 
Valjean had become. 

Before he had proceeded far he was arrested by the 
gendarmes with the stolen goods and brought back to the 
Bishop. When the Bishop saw him he said, "AH, THERE 



TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL 37 

YOU ARE, JEAN VALJEAN, I AM GLAD TO SEE YOU. 
WHY,IGAVEYOUTHECANDLESTICKS,TOO,WHICH 
ARE ALSO SILVER, AND WILL FETCH YOU TWO 
HUNDRED FRANCS. WHY DID YOU NOT TAKE 
THEM AWAY WITH THE REST OF THE PLATE?" 

Jean opened his eyes and looked at the Bishop with an 
expression which no human being could describe. 

The Bishop went to the mantel piece and fetched the 
two candlesticks and handed them to Jean Valjean. Then 
he sent the gendarmes away. Jean looked as if he were on 
the point of fainting. The Bishop walked up to him and 
said in a low voice — ''Never forget that j^ou have promised 
me to employ this money in becoming an honest man'' — 
then he continued solemnly— ''JEAN VALJEAN, MY 
BROTHER, YOU NO LONGER BELONG TO EVIL, 
BUT TO GOOD. I HAVE BOUGHT YOUR SOUL OF 
YOU. I WITHDRAW IT FROM BLACK THOUGHTS 
AND A SPIRITOF PERDITION AND GIVE IT TO GOD." 

Jean was overwhelmed. He rushed off in a dazed con- 
dition, not knowing what he was about or whither he was 
going. He kept wandering around. Although he had eaten 
nothing he did not feel hungry. He felt a sort of passion. 
Indescribable thoughts took possession of him until evening. 
Then he found himself sitting behind a bush in a large, utterly 
deserted plain. 

A little boy came dancing along and dropped a two- 
franc piece. Jean, true to his old instincts and habits, 
placed his foot over the coin and refused to give it back to 
the boy. After the little fellow, whose name was Gervaise, 
had gone away Jean recovered his senses, realizing what 
he had done. He then made a desperate effort resorting 
to the most extreme means, to find the boy but failed. 

JEAN CALLED HIMSELF A SCOUNDREL! 



38 TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL 

In a vision Jean seemed to see himself as he really was in 
flesh and blood — his blouse fastened round his hips, his 
knapsack, full of stolen articles, on his back, with his resolute 
and gloomy face and his mind full of hideous schemes, the 
frightful galley-slave, Jean Valjean. 

In this vision he saw a light. ON LOOKING MORE 
ATTENTIVELY HE PERCEIVED THAT THE LIGHT 
HAD A HUMAN SHAPE AND WAS THE BISHOP, 
WHO APPEARED IN CONTRAST WITH HIMSELF. 
THE BISHOP'S PERSONALITY FILLED JEAN'S SOUL 
WITH A MAGNIFICENT RADIANCE. 

JEAN VALJEAN WEPT FOR A LONG TIME, 
AND SOBBED WITH MORE WEAKNESS THAN A 
WOMAN, MORE TERROR THAN A CHILD. WHILE 
HE WEPT THE LIGHT GREW BRIGHTER IN HIS 
BRAIN, AN EXTRAORDINARY LIGHT, AT ONCE 
RAVISHING AND TERRIBLE. 

Then he took a retrospective view of his past life and 
its many sad and thrilling incidents. 

How many hours did he weep thus? Whither did he go? 

No one ever knew. It was stated, however, that on 

this very night a man was seen kneeling on the pavement 

in front of, the Bishop's house in the attitude of prayer. 

* * * * 

Years elapsed and a wonderful transformation had taken 
place in Jean Valjean, not only in himself but in his fortunes. 

Under the name of Father Madeleine he had acquired 
immense wealth through the manufacture of jet. He had 
originated a process for making jet which proved to be very 
profitable and enabled him to build large factories and employ 
many people. He became a great benefactor and used much 
of his great wealth for charitable purposes. He was made 
mayor of ''M. surM.," and was beloved and adored by the 
people. The King also bestowed upon him special honor. 



TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL 39 

One day a man was arrested who was said to be Jean 
Valjean, the ex-convict, who had stolen the two-franc piece 
from little Gervaise and the silver plate from the Bishop. 

When Jean Valjean heard this he was horrified. What 
was to be done? Should he let this innocent man be sent 
to the galleys to endure the indescribable torture of that 
living death? Or, should he go and give himself up and all 
the rich blessings of life by which he was surrounded, and 
become despised and denounced as a hypocrite? 

Here w^as an awful dilemma which had to be settled. 

In the first place he came to the conclusion that he 
would give himself up. Then he thought of all the people 
who were dependent upon him. His beneficent works of 
charity that would have to be abandoned. The torture he 
would have to endure as a galley slave. After reviewing all 
these matters in detail he decided it was better to let matters 
take their course as Fate had arranged and remain as he was. 
Furthermore, he thought that Champ Mathieu, who was 
mistaken for him, was probably a worthless fellow. 

According^ he proceeded to destroy every trace of 
his identity that he had preserved as reminders of his past 
life. He removed a slide in the partition where they were 
concealed, took them out and put them on the grate fire. 
THEN HE SEIZED THE CANDLESTICKS AS HE 
THOUGHT ''ALL OF JEAN VALJEAN IS IN THEM.'^ 
HE STIRRED THE ASHES WITH ONE OF THEM, AND 
IN A MOMENT THEY WERE BOTH ON THE FIRE. 

All at once he heard a voice crying, ''JEAN VALJEAN! 
JEAN VALJEAN!" 

HIS HAIR STOOD ERECT AND HE BECAME A 
MAN LISTENING TO A TERRIBLE THING. "YES, 
THAT IS RIGHT! FINISH," THE VOICE SAID, "DE- 
STROY THESE CANDLESTICKS! FORGET THE 



40 TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL 

BISHOP! RUIN THAT CHAMP MATHIEU! THAT IS 
RIGHT, APPLAUD YOURSELF; THAT IS EXCEL- 
LENT! BE AN HONEST MAN YOURSELF; REMAIN 
MAYOR, HONORABLE AND HONORED; ENRICH 
THE TOWN, ASSIST THE INDIGENT; LIVE HAPPY, 
VIRTUOUS AND APPLAUDED ; WHILE THERE WILL 
BE SOMEBODY W^HO WEARS YOUR RED JACKET, 
BEARS YOUR NAME IN IGNOMINY, AND DRAGS 
ALONG YOUR CHAIN AT THE GALLEYS. YES, THAT 
IS EXCELLENTLY ARRANGED. OH, YOU SCOUND- 
REL! JEAN VALJEAN, MANY VOICES WILL BLESS 
YOU,BUTTHECURSEALONEWILLASCENDtoGOD." 
The last words were so distinct that Jean asked, in a 
loud voice, ^ ^IS THERE ANYONE HERE?^^ 

He no longer knew what decision to make. 

Each resolution seemed as desperate as the other. 

WHATEVER HE MIGHT DO HE EVER FELL 
BACK INTO THIS CRUSHING DILEMMA— WHICH 
WAS THE BASIS OF HIS REVERIE — REMAIN IN 
PARADISE AND BECOME A DEMON THERE, OR, 
RE-ENTER HELL AND BECOME AN ANGEL? WHAT 
SHOULDHEDO ?GREATGOD,W^HATSHOULDHEDO? 

Must he denounce himself or must he be silent? He 
could not succeed in seeing anything distinct. STILL HE 
FELT THAT HOWEVER HE RESOLVED AND WITH- 
OUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF ESCAPE SOMETHING BE- 
LONGING TO HIM WAS ABOUT TO DIE. THAT HE 
ENTERED A SEPULCHRE WHETHER ON HIS RIGHT 
HAND ON ON HIS LEFT, AND THAT EITHER HIS 
HAPPINESS OR HIS VIRTUE WOULD BE BORNE TO 
THE GRAVE. ALAS, ALL HIS IRRESOLUTION 
SEIZED HIM AGAIN. THUS THE WRETCHED 
SOUL WRITHED IN AGONY. 



TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL dl 

Finally he decided to go to Arras, a long distance away> 
where the trial was to be held. With great difficulty he 
succeeded in getting to the court where Champ Mathieu 
was being tried before the trial was closed. 

Champ Mathieu had been identified by three important 
witnesses, Brevet, Chenildieu and Cochapaille, as Jean 
Valjean, and was about to be sentenced to the galleys. 

The judge was ready to pronounce sentence when a 
voice at his side was heard exclaiming, ''Brevet, Chenildieu, 
Cochapaille, look this way!" 

Twenty persons recognized the greatly revered mayor 
of M. sur M. and exclaimed simultaneously, ''MONSIEUR 
MADELEINE." 

M. Madeleine walked up to the witnesses — 

"BREVET, CHENILDIEU AND COCHAPAILLE, 
DO YOU NOT RECOGNIZE ME?" he asked them. 

All three stood amazed and shook their heads to show 
that they did not know him. 

M. Madeleine turned to the jury and to the court and 
said in a gentle voice: 

"GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, ACQUIT THE 
PRISONER. MONSIEUR LE PRESIDENT, HAVE 
ME ARRESTED. THE MAN YOU SEEK IS NOT HE, 
FOR I AM JEAN VALJEAN." 

The president and public prosecutor turned to the au- 
dience and made anxious inquiry for a medical man, as they 
evidently believed Monsieur Madeleine was out of his mind. 

It was with the greatest difficulty that Jean Valjean 
succeeded in convincing the court that he was Jean Valjean. 
No one arrested him. A SPIRIT OF AWE SEIZED THE 
AUDIENCE, A SORT OF ELECTRIC REVELATION: 
THE SIMPLE AND MAGNIFICIENT STORY OF A 
MAN WHO DENOUNCED HIMSELF IN ORDER 



42 TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL 

THAT ANOTHER MIGHT NOT BE CONDEMNED IN 
HIS PLACE. ALL WAS LOST IN THIS VAST LUMI- 
NOUS FACT! 

As no one arrested him he passed out, saying ''I have 
much business to attend to ; you will know where to find me 
whenever you are ready to arrest me." 

Later on Jean Valjean was arrested and sent to the galleys; 
but he finally made his escape in a miraculous manner. 

His first thought on gaining his liberty was to redeem 
his promise to poor Fantine, a destitute woman, who at 
one time had been in his employ, to care for her child Cosette. 
This child he raised as his own daughter and between her and 
Jean Valjean existed a devoted friendship until his death. 

I regret that we must omit to mention many deeds 
of heroism, self-sacrifice and charity, done by this wonder- 
ful man, which were ever inspired by the spirit of the burn- 
ing, effulgent light of a grateful love for the Bishop. The 
candlesticks were the cherished emblems of this love. 

Finally we come to the death bed of Jean Valjean. 
His beloved Cosette and her husband were with him. HE 
SAID — ADDRESSING COSETTE —''THE TWO 
CANDLESTICKS ON THE MANTELPIECE I GIVE 
TO YOU. They are silver, but to me they ARE MADE 
OF GOLD, OF DIAMONDS; THEY CHANGE THE 
CANDLES IN THEM INTO CONSECRATED TAPERS. 
I KNOW NOT WHETHER THE MAN WHO GAVE 
THEM TO ME IS SATISFIED WITH ME ABOVE; BUT 
I HAVE DONE WHAT I COULD. I AM GOING AWAY. 
MY CHILDREN. LOVE EACH OTHER, DEARLY 
AND ALWAYS. THERE IS NO OTHER THING IN 
THE WORLD BUT THAT. LOVE ONE ANOTHER." 

HE HAD FALLEN BACK AND THE LIGHT 
FROM THE TWO CANDLES ILLUMINED HIM. 



X 

THE BISHOP 

As the Bishop and Jean Valjean are so closely allied in 
the illustration of a great principle, we must not fail to at- 
tach due importance to the Bishop, but should see him as 
nearly as possible through the eyes of Jean Valjean. 

Jean was carried along by the extreme kindness of the 
Bishop as an avalanche on the steep mountain side is carried 
along, sweeping everything before it. Hence the marvelous 
change in him. 

In this brief sketch of the Bishop he stands as superman. 

The profound student of human nature can readily 
imagine what trials, temptations, bitter burning wrongs, 
through which he must have passed, to have attained such 
great magnanimity so contrary to human nature. 

The Bishop represents ATTAINMENT, while on the 
other hand, Jean Valjean represents PROCESS. 

Each one is a complement of the other. 

Jean^s history in the first place traces him from the 
ordinary man, through outrageous persecution converted 
into a demon, and then again it traces him back step by 
step from the brute, on up to the HEIGHTS. 

Jean having known only inhuman treatment and abuse, 
which held him in their iron grip for many years, was 
despised, loathed, and forsaken — then, to his surprise, he 
was treated with honor by a great man who received him as 
a brother, showing him love, confidence, and extraordinary 
kindness, all of which Jean repaid by robbing him. 

Nevertheless the Bishop rescued Jean from the officers 
who had arrested him for this theft and he also bestowed 
upon him costly gifts. 



44 THE BISHOP 

This awakened a new chord in Jean^s hardened nature 
and aroused the Divine self within him, which had so long 
been atrophied. A magnii&cent radiance filled his soul and 
his better nature triumphed. 

After this Jean's temptations and trials were extreme 
and terrible as already described in the preceding chapter. 

But the memory of the Bishop was with him and 
inspired him to sacrifice all earthly glory, honor, great 
riches and power and become despised and endure the awful 
torture of the galley slave, all of which he might have easily 
escaped; but justice demanded the sacrifice and so Jean 
gave up all his splendid blessings and laid them upon the 
altar of principle. 

I have taken up considerable space in presenting the 
characters of these two grand men as they so fully demon- 
strate the lesson that this treatise is intended to teach, 
namely, the warfare between the Divine and the Demoniac 
forces within us and that only through the conquest and 
subjugation of the animal nature can man ever arrive at 
true manhood. 

The moral taught by their lives is self conquest — to 
give up all for principle — to exalt character above all earthly 
things, that ''SELF must be sunk into the bottom of the 
sea,*' if occasion demands it, for the sake of doing right and 
justice to others, in short to attain THE TRIUMPH OF 
THE SOUL. 



XI 

^^ A GOAL AND PLAN NECES- 
SARY TO SUCCESS/^ 

''THE FIRST QUESTION EVERYONE SHOULD 
ASK HIMSELF OR HERSELF IS, WHAT SHALL I DO 
WITH MY LIFE? WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THE 
THING I CALL MYSELF?" 

THIS PROBLEM OF ALL PROBLEMS IS THE 
GREATEST. IF YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH ANY- 
THING WORTH WHILE YOU MUST HAVE A GOAL 
AND A PLAN TO CONCENTRATE YOUR MIND AND 
DIRECT YOUR ENERGIES. IT IS NECESSARY TO 
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING IF YOU WISH 'TO 
ARRIVE." AN AIMLESS LIFE IS A WORTHLESS 
LIFE. 

Have you ever considered what it would mean to have 
all the virtues packed within your brain? 

"A thought held in the mind continually seems a small 
enough thing, but when you learn to know the great work it 
will do for you then it becomes important as an item capable 
of no small waste or economy." 

First you select the character of your heart's desire — 
choosing from every conceivable kind, picking out your ideal. 
More than all, contemplate the apparata with which you 
have to work. Consider your DUAL NATURE and 
TRUE SELF as represented in the chart and foregoing 
chapters. Then take in review your qualities, opportunities 
and mental preferences, detail by detail — you write down 
the dictates of your mind and desires. 

SHALL IT BE FIRST CLASS— A NUMBER ONE 
CHARACTER? OR SHALL IT BE MEDIUM— A LIT- 



46 A GOAL AND A PLAN 

TLE BELOW PAR? OR SHALL IT BE A LOW GRADE 
CHARACTER? Whatever you desire, so be it. 

Now you see this is your measure blank that you are to 
fill in and put before you to copy, which is virtually to be- 
come a mirror of your personality — your taste and what 
you will eventually become. 

After you have made your choice, look at the image 
long enough to see if you have chosen aright. If not, choose 
again, and then take the instruments I have given you in 
Autogravure and carve your personality according to the 
pattern. 

DON'T, I BESEECH OF YOU, GO AT LIFE IN AN 
INDIFFERENT, HAPHAZARD WAY, WITHOUT EVEN 
A GOAL OR A PLAN, NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU 
ARE MAKING OF YOURSELF NOR WHITHER YOU 
ARE GOING, NOR WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME. 

The reason that so many people fall victims to vice and 
sin is because they do not fully realize that they have 
Demoniac passions within, which they must fight. They are 
like a man who goes unprepared to meet his deadliest foe, 
who is well armed. He will surely fall a victim, whereas 
had he been forewarned and forearmed he might have 
escaped. 

Make a conquest of your animal nature the great busi- 
ness of your life. Select your goal and plan to reach it. 
Conform to universal law as ordained by the Creator, and 
your success will be assured. 

Begin to map out your fight as a general would in plan- 
ning a campaign against an enemy. He places his maps 
and papers upon a table before him. He studies the dis- 
tances, fortifications, means of access — his forces and those 
of the enemy. He puts a pin here, another there, and 
another there. He plans his moves and maneuvers and 



A^GOAL AND A PLAN 47 

methods of assault. He anticipates his enemy's plans and 
modes of attack and how to defeat them. In fact he fights 
the battle out on paper. 

Take your pencil and paper and plan a campaign 
against the enemy of your soul, which is your animal nature. 
Make a summary of your virtues and your vices, especially 
your vices and passions. Get out your moral magnifying 
glass and scrutinize yourself carefully. 

How many virtues have you? Honesty? Industry? 
Sobriety? Charity? Courage? Chastity? Generosity? 

Now, then, how many passions and vices have enslaved 
you and have spoiled your life? — Anger? Avarice? Jealousy? 
Drink? Cigarettes? Lust? Laziness? Dishonesty? Pride? 

Suppose your enemy is Drink. Face him squarely as 
the real thing, then go for him with clinched fists. 

YOU ARE THE DEMON THAT HAS DESTROYED 
MY LIFE! YOU HAVE ROBBED ME OF MY MAN- 
HOOD! YOU HAVE MADE ME LOSE MY JOB! YOU 
HAVE BEGGARED MY FAMILY! YOU HAVE MADE 
ME A HELPLESS SLAVE! AND HAVE FORCED ME 
TO DRINK DAMNATION TO MY SOUL WHEN I 
WOULD HAVE REFUSED IT! YOU HAVE TURNED 
ME INTO A BEAST, A FIEND, A DEMON! I WILL 
FIGHT YOU, I WILL TRAMPLE YOU UNDER FOOT— 
I WILL BE FREE! 

Don't stop until you are complete master of yourself; 
until you are in every way free and independent. Never 
rest until you are like an animal trainer who has subdued 
his beasts that are made to crouch in fear and trembling 
before him — until you once more stand in God's pure air — A 
FREE MAN! 



XII 

^^A GOAL AND A PLAN NECES- 
SARY TO SUCCESS'' 

(Questions) 

Q. What is the first question every one should ask 
himself or herself? 

A. The first question every one should ask himself or 
herself is, "What shall I do with my life? What shall I do 
with the thing I call myself?'' 

Q. Is this the greatest of all problems? 

A. This problem is the greatest of all problems that 
you will ever have to solve. 

Q. Must you have a goal and a plan if you want to 
accomplish anything worth while? 

A. If you want to accomplish anything of importance 
you must have a goal and a plan to concentrate your mind 
and direct your energies. 

Q. If you want "TO ARRIVE" is it necessary to 
know where you are going? 

A. It is necessary to know where you are going if you 
want "to arrive." 

Q. Is an aimless life a useful life? 

A. An aimless life is a worthless life. 

Q. What would be the consequence if you had all the 
virtues packed within your brain? 

A. As a consequence your happiness, usefulness, success 
and blessedness would be assured. 

Q. What would be the effect of a thought held in the 
mind continually? 

A. "A thought held in the mind continually becomes 
an item of no small waste or economy." 

Q. What is the first thing of importance incumbent 
upon you to do? 



A GOAL AND A PLAN 49 

A. Select the character of your heart's desire — choosing 
from among every conceivable kind and picking out your ideal. 

Q. What should you now consider? 

A. You should contemplate the apparata with which 
you have to work, namely, your DUAL NATURE and 
TRUE SELF, as represented in the preceding chart and 
chapters. 

Q. Should you review your qualities and opportunities? 

A. You should take in review your qualities, oppor- 
tunities and mental preferences, detail by detail. 

Q. Should you determine what grade of character you 
will select? 

A. You should now determine what kind and grade of 
character you will choose — whether yours shall be A NUM- 
BER ONE— FIRST CLASS CHARACTER? OR SHALL 
IT BE MEDIUM— A LITTLE BELOW PAR? OR SHALL 
IT BE A LOW GRADE CHARACTER? 

Q. After you have decided on the kind and grade, 
what should be the next step? 

A. After you have decided this matter you should proceed 
to map out in detail the kind and grade you have selected. 

Q. What may this be considered? 

A. This may be considered your measure blank that 
you are to fill in and put before you to copy, which is virtually 
to become a mirror of your personality, your taste and what 
you will eventually become. 

Q. Should you contemplate the image of your choice 
again? 

A. After you have made your choice look at the image 
long enough to see if you have chosen aright. If not, choose 
again, and then take the instruments I have given you in 
Autogravure and carve your personality according to the 
pattern. 



50 A GOAL AND A PLAN 

Q. Should you go at life in an indefinite, aimless manner? 

A. You should not go at life in an indefinite, aim- 
less manner, without even a goal, a plan or a pattern, not 
knowing what you are making of yourself nor whither you 
are going and what will be the outcome. 

Q. Why do people become slaves to vice? 

A. The reason so many people fall victims to sin and 
vice is because they do not realize that they have a some- 
thing within them that they must fight and conquer. 

Q. Should one develop his physical body? 

A. One should develop himself physically and then if 
he acquire self-control and conform to universal law his 
success will be assured. 

Q. How should one begin? 

A. Map out your fight by first making an analysis of 
yourself. 

Q. What should be the next step? 

A. Then proceed as a general would in planning a 
campaign against an enemy. He places his maps and 
papers on a table, studies the distances, fortifications and 
forces of the enemy — he puts a pin here, another there. 

Q. Does he anticipate his enemy's plans? 

A. He anticipates his enemy's plans and modes of 
attack and how to defeat them. 

Q. What is the next thing he does? 

A. He fights the battle out on paper. 

Q. What would be advisable to do in your own case? 

A. Take your pencil and paper and plan a campaign 
against the enemy of your soul. 

Q. Should you make a summary of your good and 
bad qualities? 

A. Make a summary of your virtues and your vices, 
especially of your passions and vices. Scrutinize your- 
self carefully. 



A GOAL AND A PLAN 51 

Q. How many virtues have you? 

A. Godliness? Industry? Kindness? Charity? 
Courage? Honesty? 

Q. Now theU; how many passions and vices have 
spoiled your life? 

A. Anger? Hatred? Avarice? Jealousy? Drink? 
Cigarettes? Lust? Laziness? Pride? 

Q. If you are a dipsomaniac, what should you do? 

A. Face the evil squarely as the real thing. 

Q. Would it be well to personify this vice? 

A. It would be well to personify this vice and fight it 
as you would a real enemy. Go for him with cHnched fists. 
This method is advisable as it makes the fight more real and 
effective. 

Q. How should the dipsomaniac appropriately address 
strong drink? 

A. YOU ARE THE DEMON THAT HAS DE- 
STROYED MY LIFE. YOU HAVE ROBBED ME OF 
MY MANHOOD. YOU HAVE MADE ME LOSE MY 
JOB. YOU HAVE BEGGARED MY FAMILY. YOU 
HAVE MADE OF ME A HELPLESS SLAVE AND HAVE 
FORCED ME TO DRINK DAMNATION TO MY 
SOUL, WHEN I WOULD HAVE REFUSED IT— YOU 
HAVE TURNED ME INTO A BEAST, A FIEND, A 
DEMON. I WILL FIGHT YOU. I WILL, BY THE 
HELP OF GOD, TRAMPLE YOU UNDER FOOT. I 
WILL BE FREE. 

Q. Should you persist until you are master of yourself? 

A. Do not rest until you are complete master of 
yourself — until you once more stand in God's pure air — 
A FREE MAN. 

THE SAME METHOD MAY BE PURSUED IN 

CONQUERING OTHER VICES. 



XIII 

ENSLAVED BYTHE SENSUOUS 

"KNOW THYSELF" in its deepest and fullest 
psychological sense is the key that unlocks the door to 
ethical culture. 

MAN'S BODY IS A BUNDLE OF SENSATIONS, 
AND FOR THAT REASON OPPOSES HIS SPIRITUAL 
NATURE. 

The body is the house in which the spirit dwells, and 
it is also the only instrument which the spirit has been 
given to perform its mission in life. 

MANY OF THE SENSATIONS OF THE BODY ARE 
SO PLEASANT THAT HUMANITY HAS BECOME 
ENSLAVED BY THEM, AND HAS SOLD ITS BIRTH- 
RIGHT OF DIVINITY FOR A MESS OF POTTAGE 
(SENSATION). 

We are encased within these bodies which are always 
in a state of sensation and ever crying for gratification. 
Therefore, if we allow ourselves to drift, the passions will 
hold sway, causing excesses, disease, crime and misery. 

I have already demonstrated in the foregoing lessons 
that the animal and divine elements in Man are arrayed 
against each other; and the Ego or I acts as judge, determin- 
ing which one shall rule. 

There comes a time in the life of everyone which is the 
turning point, and for the most part, decides his future. 

I have endeavored to show clearly in the preceding 
illustrations the widely different results of the two elements 
of character so that we need not choose blindly nor allow 
ourselves to drift through ignorance into the mire of sensu- 
ality. FOR THE SAKE OF THE SATISFACTION 
OF THE SENSES MAN HAS BECOME ENSLAVED. 



ENSLAVED BY THE SENSUOUS 53 

WERE IT NOT FOR THIS HE MIGHT RISE SUPERIOR 
TO HIS LOWER SELF AND BECOME, AS IT WERE, 
A GOD. 

'THE HINDU TEACHERS, through the following 
parable, impress upon their Chelas the fact of their REAL 
SELF. They tell a tale of one of the great gods — Indra, 
who, following a caprice, incarcerated himself in the body 
of a pig. He took unto himself a pig mate and raised a 
brood of little pigs. He lost all sense of his own identity 
and was thoroughly hypnotized with the idea that he was a 

pig- 

"The fellow-gods grieved at his illusion and his pitiful 
state, and called upon him to come out of the pig state, 
telling him he was a great god and not a swinish creature 
wallowing in the mud. 

*'He grunted out a denial, saying 'I am a pig, not a god — 
let me alone.' They persisted and he continued to repel 
them. They killed his pig mate and his little pigs; but he 
squealed out his sorrow and rage and tried to destroy the 
gods in his wrath. Finally they killed his pig body, as a 
last resort, and lo! Indra, the god, stepped forth, in all his 
glorious power, and laughed in astonishment when he 
realized the extent and degree of his late illusion." 

This story shows that the god Indra, on account of his 
pleasant pig sensations, ceased to remember that he was a 
god. Thus, we also become so entangled in our bundle of 
mental states and impressions, caused by sensation, that 
we have come to believe that they are actually our REAL 
SELF. 

We should be careful to make the distinction. 

If we decide to let the body rule we shall then become 
an apparatus of sensation — simply a machine for purveying 
sensation. 



54 ENSLAVED BY THE SENSUOUS 

If, on the contrary, we decide that the higher self shall 
rule, we must fortify ourselves in every way against the 
passions by avoiding evil desires of avarice, lust, pride and 
those things that stimulate them, which are luxury, idleness, 
wines, confectionery, lewd companions, cigarettes, tobacco, 
dancing, late hours, etc. 

Instead of these we should encourage chastity, humility 
and self-denial; we should have hard beds, plain substantial 
food and clothing, etc. 

Through the law of cause and effect we learn that great 
evils start with seemingly insignificant causes; and we know 
that luxury and humoring the sensuous is a prolific source 
of the popular vices. 

Be frugal in your habits, work hard, practice self-denial 
and fortitude. 

Take mottoes and other instruments prescribed in 
Autogravure to eliminate indulgence and build up strenuous 
hardihood and endurance that refuse to yield to the weak- 
ness and effeminacy of passion. 



XIV 

ENSLAVED B YTHE SENSUOUS 

(Questions ) 

Q. What is the key that unlocks the door to ethical 
culture? 

A. ^'KNOW THYSELF'' in its fullest psychological 
sense is the key that unlocks the door to ethical culture. 

Q. Why does man's body oppose his spiritual nature? 

A. Because man's body is a bundle of sensations which 
he often indulges to excess as they afford him pleasure. 

Q. What is the body? 

A. The body is the house in which the spirit dwells; 
and it is also the only instrument which the spirit has been 
given to perform its mission in life. 

Q. Why has man become enslaved by the body? 

A. Because many of the sensations of the body are so 
pleasant man has become enslaved by them. 

Q. Has man sold his birthright of divinity? 

A. Man has sold his birthright of divinity for a mess of 
pottage (sensation). 

Q. Are our bodies always in a state of sensation? 

A. We are encased within these bodies which are 
always in a state of sensation and ever crying for gratifica- 
tion. 

Q. If we allow ourselves to drift what will happen? 

A. If we allow ourselves to drift the sensual will hold 
sway, causing excesses, disease, crime and misery. 

Q. When the animal and divine elements are arrayed 
against each other, what decides which one shall rule? 

A. When the animal and divine elements in man are 
contending with each other the Ego or self acts as judge and 
decides the matter. 



56 ENSLAVED BY THE SENSUOUS 

Q. Is there a time in the life of everyone which may be 
considered the turning point? 

A. There is a time in the life of everyone which is the 
turning point and for the most part decides his future. 

Q. Why is it that man does not rise superior to his 
lower self and become God-like? 

A. For the sake of the gratification of the senses man 
has become enslaved and through ignorance drifts into the 
mire of sensuality. 

Q. Relate the parable that the Hindu teachers use to 
impress upon their chelas the fact of their REAL SELF. 

A. SEE PRECEDING CHAPTER. 

Q. What does this story show? 

A. This story shows that the god Indra, on account of 
his pleasant pig sensations, ceased to remember that he was a 
god. 

Q. Do we likewise become entangled in our bundle of 
mental states and impressions caused by sensation? 

A. We also become so entangled in our bundle of 
mental states and impressions, caused by sensation, that we 
have come to believe that they are actually our REAL SELF. 

Q. What shall we become if we let the body rule? 

A. If we decide to yield to sensation we shall then 
become merely an apparatus of sensation — a machine for 
purveying sensation. 

Q. How should we fortify ourselves against sensation? 

A. We should fortify ourselves in every way against 
the passions by avoiding those things that stimulate them. 

Q. Name some of the things that stimulate the love of 
sensation? 

A. Some of the most pernicious are greed, lust, pride, 
luxury, idleness, wines, confectionery, lewd companions, 
cigarettes, tobacco, drugs, dancing, social evil, etc. 



ENSLAVED BY THE SENSUOUS 57 

Q. What should one have instead of these? 

A. Instead of these one should discard the carnal 
desires of greed, lust and pride, and encourage chastity, 
humility and self-denial, work hard, have frugal habits, 
plain substantial food and clothing. He should avoid intox- 
icants, smoking, drinking, highly seasoned foods and dancing. 

Q. What is a prolific source of the popular vices? 

A. Humoring the sensuous is a prolific source of the 
many popular vices. 

Q. Can mottoes aid in eliminating self-indulgence? 

A. Mottoes can be used to eliminate self-indulgence 
and build up strenuous habits of endurance along with all 
the other INSTRUMENTALITIES PRESCRIBED IN 

AUTOGRAVURE. 



X 



XV 

THE TWO PERSONALITIES 

It has been made plain in the foregoing lessons that each 
human being has a dual nature. 

THERE IS, AS IT WERE, ''TWO OF US— A TWIN." 
IT IS OUR PRIVILEGE TO BECOME EITHER ONE 
OF THESE TWO PERSONALITIES THAT WE CHOOSE 
IN WHICH TO ACT OUT OUR PART IN LIFE. 

One of the twin represents the God-like nature in man 
and the other one of the twin represents the animal or 
demoniac nature in man, each of which is directly opposed 
to the other. 

NOW THE EGO OR SELF HAS THE POWER TO 
CHOOSE WHICH ONE OF THE TWIN HE WILL BE- 
COME—HIS CHOICE DEPENDING ENTIRELY UP- 
ON WHETHER HE DECIDES THAT THE GODLIKE 
WITHIN HIM SHALL DOMINATE HIS LIFE OR 
WHETHER HIS ANIMAL NATURE SHALL DOM- 
INATE HIS LIFE. 

I might assume the twin to be somewhat similar to ''Dr. 
Jekyl and Mr. Hyde." 

However, I prefer to visualize them in my own way. 
The one ruled by his animal nature becomes a victim of self- 
indulgence, enslaved by his passions which can only result 
in depravity and ruin. He naturally acquires the popular 
vices, such as the cigarette habit, drinking, lust, gambling, 
idleness, extravagance, lying, and dishonesty, and, as a con- 
sequence, suffers all the afflictions incident to such a life. 
He finally becomes diseased, despised and forsaken — a 
miserable wreck. 

On the other hand, the one who has chosen to be ruled 



THE TWO PERSONALITIES 59 

by his godlike nature becomes self-denying, strong, indus- 
trious, wise, honest, successful, noble, and honored, sur- 
rounded by friends, peace and happiness. 

You who are still young and upon the threshhold of life, 
are potentially either one of the twin that you may select. 

Imagine them standing before you, side by side. Scru- 
tinize them carefully, analyze their lives throughout. WHEN 
VIEWED FROM THE FINAL END OF LIFE WHICH 
ONE OF THE TWIN WOULD YOU PREFER TO BE? 
DO YOU PREFER THE NOBLE, GLORIOUS MAN- 
HOOD OR WOMANHOOD WITH ALL THE USEFUL- 
NESS, HAPPINESS AND BLESSINGS ATTENDING 
IT? OR, DO YOU CHOOSE THE OTHER TWIN THAT 
CROUCHES IN AGONY, A HOPELESS WRECK OF 
SUFFERING HUMANITY? 



XVI 

^^WORLD^S GREATEST TASK^^ 

THE MAKING OF GOOD MEN AND 
VIRTUOUS WOMEN 

THE SAVAGE RACES ENDEAVOR, ACCORDING 
TO THEIR CRUDE STANDARD, TO MAKE MEN OF 
THEIR SONS. HOW TO MAKE THE RIGHT KIND OF 
MEN WITH THEM IS THE GREAT OBJECT TO BE 
ATTAINED. 

The American Indians took their boys from twelve to 
fifteen years of age and subjected them to great privation 
and torture for the purpose of developing in them strength 
of character and bravery. 

Young Bushmen of Australia were encouraged to roll 
their naked bodies in the fire — enduring the most excruci- 
ating pain, thus developing hardihood and manly qualities. 

The Greeks subjected their sons to severe floggings in 
public for the purpose of developing fortitude and courage. 

THE GREATEST TASK THE WORLD HAS TO 
PERFORM TODAY IS TO MAKE GOOD MEN AND 
VIRTUOUS WOMEN. 

THE IMMENSE OCTOPUS OF DISSIPATION HAS 
SETTLED DOWN UPON US AND IS REACHING OUT 
IN ALL DIRECTIONS IN THE SHAPE OF INNUMER- 
ABLE VICES, DRAWING UNTO ITSELF THE BOYS 
AND GIRLS OF THIS GENERATION, CONSIGNING 
THEM TO IMMORALITY, DISEASE AND RUIN, UN- 
FITTING THEM FOR LIFE AND PARENTHOOD, 
hence, what have we wherewith to build homes, which are 
the bulwark of a nation? 

THE ONE THING IN WHICH THE SAVAGE 
EDUCATES HIS BOYS IS STRENGTH OF CHAR- 



THE world's greatest TASK 61 

ACTER AND MANHOOD, ACCORDING TO HIS 
IDEALS, WHILE, ON THE CONTRARY, OUR TRAIN- 
ING SEEMS TO DEVELOP IN OUR CHILDREN 
EVERYTHING BUT STRENGTH OF CHARACTER. 

May we not learn a lesson from the Greeks and the 
Indians — that manhood and strong character outweigh all 
other considerations and thus not only save the youth but 
also save the parents from ''their Gethsemane"? 

Many of our children are wrecks of dissipation, gamblers, 
thieves, homicides, cigarette fiends, drunkards or trifling, 
worthless fellows, while many of our lovely daughters have 
joined the innumerable host of fallen women. 

IF MORE ATTENTION HAD BEEN GIVEN TO 
THE MAKING OF GOOD MEN AND THE MAKING 
OF VIRTUOUS WOMEN, PARENTS TODAY MIGHT 
HAVE BEEN SPARED ''THE SOUL-CONSUMING AND 
FRICTION-WEARING'' TORTURE WHICH THEY 
NOW ENDURE. 

"THE GREATEST ENTERPRISE 
IN THE WORLD 
FOR SPLENDOR 
FOR EXTENT 
IS THE UPBUILDING OF A MAN!" 

— Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
It would seem that the governments of the world and 
its most powerful forces have in innumerable ways inflamed 
and developed the animal passions in man and at the same 
time are trying to reform him. 

They are like a man who places dynamite under a 
building, lights the fuse connected with it and then when it 
explodes and is blowing up the building cries, HELP! 
FIRE! FIRE! Save the building! 



XVII 

EXTRACT FROM THE REPUBLIC OF 

PLATO CONCERNING THE SOUL 

OR SELF 

^'To him the supporter of Justice makes answer that he 
should ever so speak and act as to give the MAN within 
him in some way or other the MOST COMPLETE MAS- 
TERY over the entire human creature. He should watch 
over the many headed monster like a good husbandman 
fostering and cultivating the gentle qualities, and preventing 
the wild ones from growing. * * * Come, now, and let 
us gently reason with the unjust, who is not intentionally in 
error. 'Sweet Sir/ we will say to him, 'What think you of 
things esteemed noble and ignoble? Is not the noble that 
which subjects the beast to the man, or rather to the God 
in man? And the ignoble that which subjects the man to 
the beast?' He can hardly avoid saying, Yes^-can he, 
now? * * * 

''But if he agree, so far as we may ask him, to answer 
another question : 'Then how would a man profit if he received 
gold and silver on the condition that he was to enslave the 
noblest part of him to the worst?' 

''Who can imagine that a man, who sold his son or 
daughter into slavery for money, especially if he sold them 
into the hands of fierce and evil men, would be the gainer, 
however large might be the sum he received? AND WILL 
ANY ONE SAY THAT HE IS NOT A MISERABLE 
CAITIFF WHO REMORSELESSLY SELLS HIS OWN 
DIVINE BEING TO THAT WHICH IS MOST GOD- 
LESS AND DETESTABLE? 

"Eriphyle took the necklace as the price of her husband's 
life, BUT HE IS TAKING A BRIBE IN ORDER TO 
COMPASS A WORSE RUIN." 



XVIII 

THE RELATION BETWEEN THE BRAIN 

AND THE SOUL, SELF OR EGO 

EXPLAINED 

The soul, or self, or ego, being purely spirit and intan- 
gible, to manifest upon the earth-plane must use some 
material substance. Hence, the physical brain is the organ 
that serves this purpose. As 0. S. Fowler says: '^The brain 
is the organ of the mind, the dome of thought and THE 
PALACE OF THE SOUL.'' It is the soul's laboratory, 
wherein it performs its operations. 

The mechanism of the brain is so exceedingly exquisite 
in construction and an engine so marvelous as to be incon- 
ceivable. 

THE SOUL IS THE DYNAMO-ELECTRIC WITHIN 
THE BRAIN THAT PRODUCES CHARACTER— IT IS 
THE CHARACTER— IT IS THE SELF . 

The brain, being ^ 'plasm" is incapable of voluntary 
action. However, the soul and brain, in their office, become 
identified with each other — the soul as force or operator, and 
the brain as the plastic substance operated upon. In the 
latter a registry of thought and experience is made con- 
tinually. This registry consists of records in the brain as 
fully described in AUTOGRAVURE. These accumulate 
in the course of years and become, in a great degree, crystal- 
ized into character. 

The records made by the voluntary actions and expe- 
riences of the soul, in turn, hold a controlling influence and, 
after one's character has been formed, become a motive 
power in the individual and in great measure the arbiter 
of his fate. 



64 RELATION BETWEEN THE SOUL AND THE BRAIN 

To make this appear still more plain I will trace the 
analogy between the brain and a great book; for instance, 
the Bible. The material Bible usually consists of paper and 
leather. It can neither think, move nor act — has no volition 
nor intention, and yet it is a great source of inspiration and 
has a widespread influence. It is a motive power, shaping 
the destiny of the human race to a great extent throughout 
past ages and at the present time. 

' This demonstrates that the simple records of great 
thoughts and ideas, even when inscribed on inanimate matter 
have a marvelous influence. And explains why the brain, 
which is also a substance incapable of volition, becomes A 
GREAT MOTIVE POWER in controlling the individual. 



THIS WORK IS ESSENTIALLY AND EMPHATI- 
CALLY STRUCTURAL— A BUILDER. DO NOT, I 
BEG OF YOU, MISTAKE IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE. 

If it be your desire to develop efficiency in a given art, 
science, profession — or any phase of character, good or 
bad — herein are your instruments. 

However, in critically canvassing human nature, with 
its varied complications, there are necessarily certain phases 
brought to the surface, proving in the ''last analysis" what 
is eventually best for man. 

Right here we cannot refrain from making an allusion 
to the ominous cloud of camouflage— INSINCERITY !— 
that envelops the world and ever has been its deadly enemy. 

"Sincerity, thou first of virtues, 

Let no mortal lose thy onward sway." 



A METHOD 

TO REORGANIZE HUMAN THINKING AND 
CHANGE HUMAN ACTION 

There has ever been a WAR between VICE and VIR- 
TUE, GOOD and EVIL, the GOD-LIKE forces and the 
DEMONIAC forces, and today we witness the triumph of 
the latter. 

ReaHzing the blessedness of virtue, THE AUTHORS OF 
the immortal works of genius in prose and poetry, drama, 
philosophy, song, fable, sculpture and architecture, have 
dedicated their works to moral elevation as the highest 
point of achievement. 

Churches, schools, colleges, universities, and libraries, 
have been established for the same purpose. 

Nevertheless, there has never been a direct one-pointed 
method of teaching it from text-books adapted to schools 
and simplified for the common understanding. 

It is claimed that SCIENCE has invaded all fields and 
accomplished marvelous feats, and hence science should ac- 
complish this most needed of all things. 

EDUCATORS realize the necessity of teaching it, but 
having failed to find a practical method, have concluded 
that character must be caught rather than taught. 

In this SYSTEM we find the revelation of the secrets 
of character-building and of teaching it directly, showing 
how to pack it into the brain and what instruments to use 
for that purpose. 

THE MORAL MIND, hke the body, can be trained. 
Any one who devotes thirty minutes a day to moral exercise 
will strengthen his ''moral muscles,'' as use of the arm 
strengthens his physical muscles. 



66 A SYSTEM TO EEORGANIZE '^HUMAN THINKING" 

This method must become universal as character is 
needed everywhere. Consequently this system should be 
used everywhere. It lays bare the operations of THE 
INNER SELF, and gives the key to the mainspring of 
human actions, how to influence, change and control them. 

It is invaluable to all professions, associations, organiza- 
tions and institutions, schools, colleges and universities. 

It would prove a great aid to the following professions: 
namely, the Alienist, Criminologist, Nerve Specialist, 
Minister of the Gospel, Physician, Lawyer, Legislator, 
Sociologist, Psychologist, Teacher and Philanthropist. 

As character is of more importance than anything else 
to fit one for life it is well adapted to Clubs, Church Soci- 
eties, Reformatories and the Home. 

TO MAKE OF THE MIND A 'GIANT FORCE and 
ACQUIRE SELF-MASTERY can be accomplished only 
through diligent practice of this method — a very plain and 
simple one — not by merely reading the book. 

It is through PRACTICE that unsuspected powers 
reveal themselves. As advancement is made, a broadening 
view unfolds,- leading on at every step to still broader 
fields and greater heights. 

The World's Battlefields, with their innumerable hosts 
of slain and indescribable destruction of material wealth — 
sacrificed in an effort to promote a government, or a principle 
of government, that would tend to help conditions — prove 
how INTENSE is that eternal yearning for a better life. 

Do you desire to promulgate advancement along this 
line? If so, there is ABSOLUTELY but one way whereby 
it may or can be done — by working a radical change in 
human nature. 



A JUDICIOUS SYSTEM 

OF BRAIN PACKING IS THE WORLD'S 
INVINCIBLE PANACEA 



The real power of the universe is '^unseen, unfelt, unfail- 
ing force." 

THE SUPREME, CONTROLLING POWER IN 
THE WORLD THAT DOES EVERYTHING WHICH IS 
DONE BY HUMANITY, IS PLANNED AND OPER- 
ATED BY THE HUMAN MIND. 

All the wonderful phenomena attributable to man — 
marvelous inventions, the holocaust of the murdered mil- 
lions in Europe, many of life's innumerable joys and bless- 
ings as well as crimes and vices — were manufactured in the 
workshop of the brain. 

In PICTURE SHOWS we see people performing parts — 
that make us laugh or cry; yet what we see is but the reflec- 
tion on the screen, produced by the apparatus which is not 
visible. So in human life, the overwhelming tragedy of 
the world war — convulsing humanity with horror — was 
inaugurated and carried on by the invisible minds of those 
in power. 

Through the mind it is possible to create such a tri- 
umphant solution of the great problems of life, as was never 
foreseen nor dreamed of before this crucial time. 

A TREMENDOUS WEIGHT OF RESPONSIBIL- 
ITY RESTS UPON ALL THOSE WHO HAVE HAD EN- 
TRUSTED TO THEM THE MOULDING OF THE 
CHARACTER OF A PEOPLE — (^^ Where a privilege is 
given, a tax is levied.'') IF THEY NEGLECT THIS 



68 A JUDICIOUS SYSTEM 

DUTY, THEIRS IS AN AWFUL CRIME, AND ONE 
WHICH SOONER OR LATER MUST BE EXPIATED. 

However, on the other hand, were they to proceed in a 
thorough and scientific manner, thereby laying hold upon 
the organ of the mind, wherein dwells that intangible 
instrument, the human soul, and through this medium 
labor for race betterment, the result would be 

"A heaven which no epic dream has yet depicted." 

An editorial in the Chicago Tribune, in substance says, 
the cause of war exists in man's nature, and as long as it 
remains unchanged we shall continue to have wars. 

IF, ABOVE ALL ELSE, WE DESIRE TO ABOLISH 
WAR, VICE AND CRIME, we must first begin by eliminat- 
ing from the mind those things that produce them, which are 
Greed, Excessive Ambition, Injustice, Lust, Hatred, Hypoc- 
risy, Sensuality, Jealousy, Self-indulgence, etc., etc. 

THE SUPREME MISTAKE THROUGHOUT — 

despite the magnificent effort long put forth to save hu- 
manity — has lain in dealing with effects instead of with 
first causes. By effects is meant those things that are 
visible and tangible. 

Prison bars may restrain, for a time ; capital punishment 
terrify; and legislation through force, compel; but the same 
criminal nature remains, and will in time again assert itself. 
Hence reformers no sooner succeed in suppressing one form 
of evil by force than another springs up to take its place. 

We have already made plain that the mind is the source 
of all human action. Therefore, PACK INTO IT THE 
SUBLIME MORAL PRECEPTS OF THE BIBLE AND 
RIGHT IDEAS. 



A JUDICIOUS SYSTEM 69 

Owing to the appalling horrors and disasters of the 
recent years— still threatening in other forms — it is incum- 
bent upon the peoples of the world to wake up — to become 
intensely concerned in a strong, reliable and scientific 
broadening of the moral and spiritual forces in man, for the 
reason that the whole irrefutable cause of these terrific 
catastrophies was MORAL DELINQUENCY, which, un- 
checked, will again breed even more and still worse evils. 

Through visualization might we not see spread out 
before us a GLORIOUS FUTURE— the advent of TRUE 
MANHOOD—the TRIUMPH OF THE SOUL? 

WILL YOU— the PRIVILEGED LEGISLATORS, 
PHILANTHROPISTS, and EDUCATORS— responsible 
for the welfare of the people, aid in bringing nearer that 
GRAND TOMORROW— THE ''RATIONAL AGE'' by 
putting in the foreground CHARACTER (which means 
MORAL RECTITUDE), making of it the most prominent 
feature in EDUCATION— THE CLIMAX of all attain- 
ment? By so doing Lift Humanity To A HIGHER 
PLANE OF EXISTENCE? 

INTEGRITY (MUST IT DIE?)! 

struggles in the grip of that monster — Deception — 
that is destroying humanity. What the world needs is, to 
kill out this shamming and get down to the bedrock of 
TRUTH. Adopt the virtues of the Bible, not in pretense, 
but in fact, in practice; not using them to gild the exterior 
while having within only "sl feast of shells" from which all 
''the substance has been spilled out." ETHICS— NOT 
COERCION — IS THE WORLD'S INVINCIBLE 
REFUGE. 



Note — This system in addition to Autogravure and Man's 
Dual Nature, given in this book, consists of the following: — 

Self- Government 

Analogy Between Self- Governments 
and National Governments 

(Chart, The Brain Representing a Legislative Body) 



The Immutability of Law 



or 



Buying a Destiny 



(Chart, Market-Place where Destinies are Sold) 



And also a number of others including Eugenics, and the 
sex-problem which are in course of preparation 
and may follow later 



An Epoch-Making Work to Initiate a New 

Race 

The Science of Character Building, by Alice Shellabarger 
Hall, is an up-to-date system upon the greatest science of 
the world. Adopted it will prove an epoch-making work 
and initiate a new race of human beings — J. B. Caldwell, 
Sup't of the International Purity Association, Chicago. 

Usable, not Theoretical, but Practical and 
Fundamental 

I have examined the work of Mrs. Alice Shellabarger Hall 
upon Character Building and believe she has presented in 
a practical, usable manner, the great basic principles of 
character development. I believe her treatise would form 
an admirable text book to be used in schools, classes or 
clubs and would prove a most valuable help to all who 
would study it. It is not theoretical, but practical. It 
does not deal with incidental, but fundamental matters. 
It stresses the things that are essential. She has pro- 
duced a good work and it ought to have a wide study for 
the usefulness it can render. — Rev. Austin Hunter, Pastor 
Jackson Blvd. Christian church, Chicago. 

Very Interesting, Simple, Practical, Helpful 
and Fundamental 

It has been my privilege to examine the work recently 
produced by our fellow townswoman, Mrs. Alice Shella- 
barger Hall, and I have found it very interesting. . Her 
work appeals to me as being simple, practical, helpful and 
fundamental. — R. C. Augustine, Pres. Board of education, 
Decatur, 111. 

Very Helpful to be Taught in Schools 

The Science of Character Building, by Alice Shellabarger 
Hall, is practical, comprehensive and very interesting. It 
is especially adapted to clubs, churches and societies. It 
would prove very helpful to be taught in schools and would 
do good if placed in every home. It is written in a very 
concise manner. I would like to emphasize the method for 
its direct style. — Margaret E. Crissey, State Organizer Ill- 
inois W. C. T. U. 




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AUTOGRAVURE, THE INK OF FATE 



''CHARACTER," comes from the Greek word "Charasso/' 

meaning to engrave. 

'THE GREATEST THING IN THE GREATEST MAN 

IS CHARACTER." 

"MAKE OF YOURSELF WHAT YOU WILL." 

YOU CAN EXCHANGE A BAD DISPOSITION FOR A 

GOOD ONE, ACQUIRE VIRTUES AND DISCARD 

VICES. 

YOU CAN EXCHANGE FAILURE QUALITIES FOR 

SUCCESS QUALITIES. 

YOU CAN ''SWAP OFF" A GLOOMY, MOROSE DIS- 
POSITION FOR A CHEERFUL, JOYOUS NATURE. 
SELECT THE QUALITIES YOU WISH TO POSSESS, 
THEN ENGRAVE THEM WITHIN YOUR BRAIN. 

One may build character by using certain instruments with 
as much confidence as a carpenter uses lumber in building 
a house. 

USE THE PROPER STIMULI KNOWINGLY AND 
PACK YOUR BRAIN WITH SUCCESS QUALITIES FOR 
LIFE'S JOURNEY. 

EVERY THOUGHT AND ACT IS CUMULATIVE, 
HENCE "YOU BUILD A CHARACTER AS A MISER 
BUILDS HIS FORTUNE, EVERY DAY ADDING A 
LITTLE." 

Through analogy the science of engraving character within 
the brain is made clear and easily understood. 
ALL WE ASK IS TO USE THE PRESCRIBED IN- 
STRUMENTS ACCORDING TO DIRECTION. 
AN EFFORT OF THE WILL IS REQUIRED. ' 

This method is no phantasm of the brain or fine spun theory 

that will not work. 

IT GIVES YOU THE MASTER-KEY TO CHARACTER 

AND TO SUCCESS. 



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